Wednesday, June 3, 2009

I participated in a wonderful painting workshop with Rod McIver this past weekend. His website, Heron Dance, is posted to the left under My Favorite Links. His work is incredible and I learned so much! I feel particularly lucky in that he may never teach another workshop again.

You should check out his website. His work is really beautiful.

Onward!

I finished the newest cow painting. You'll have to come to my July art show to see how I finished it up!

I'm working on some great blue heron paintings now. I'll post them as soon as I they are ready for viewing. Well, OK, here's a peak at one. It's called Heron Back. It will be for sale at the July show...

July Art Show!

I am participating in a group show at the Discover Portsmouth center in downtown Portsmouth! It will be my first exposure in that area.
That's right...I'm having my first Portsmouth art show! Karen Desrosiers (www.karendesrosiers.com) and Joseph Montroy (www.josephmontroy.com) will be joining me in this exciting event at the Portsmouth Historical Society's Discover Portsmouth location.
I will be showing a a collection of brand new watercolor paintings! This is an ecclectic collection representing a step in my transoformation from Illustrator to Fine Art Painter. For the most part, this body of work is representational of the natural world, my passion. But there may be a few surprises in there, as well!
Karen paints in oils. She has a passion for Ireland and so has developed a body of work devoted to that country.
Joseph is a sculptor working in a variety of mediums. His work is slightly more abstract and makes for a wonderful compliment to the work of Karen and I.
SAVE THE DATE: The opening reception is scheduled for the evening of July 3rd, which coincides with Portsmouth's Art Walk-one night per month when the galleries of downtown Portsmouth stay open late for visitors. It's also the same night as the fireworks display near downtown Portsmouth. We'll be hosting visitors with wine and snacks from 5-8pm. Make a night of it with dinner downtown, do the Art Walk and then head over to the shore for an awesome night of color and sound!