“Horses in Heaven” – What made me paint the subject? On 10/05/2012, my Wife and I really enjoyed a Terry Fator show in the Durant Casino Event Center in Durant, Oklahoma. Something special happened that night, that resulted in the painting of Horses in Heaven. Terry Fator told a story […]
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What makes good art? Stand on any corner and ask those that pass by what good art is and you will find that good art is different things to different people. Why is that? What makes one person like a given piece of art and another not even give it […]
Are you Curious enough? Do you Dare to ask Questions? As an artist, how does curiosity play a part in Art? Many times we tend to downplay curiosity having somewhere along the way, lost our inherent desire to want to know “Why or What if.” With the help of some […]
Who would have thought having to go through Rotator cuff repair surgery would be a good thing? Well in my case it turned out to be a great thing! It made me more aware of what was available on Google Plus. Being unable to paint due to having both shoulders […]
Congratulations! Your work work will be shown at The Story of the Creative! This message is to confirm your materials have been received and you are officially part of The Story of the Creative exhibition opening in our New York City gallery on July 25th, 2013. Here’s an invite to […]
I made a few “art-lifting” discoveries from Tuesday April 23rd through Monday April 29th. On Tuesday the 23rd, I went to the opening day of the “Oklahoma City ‘Festival of the Arts.’ ” It was a dreary day of constant drizzling rain. Made it perfect for slowly perusing and talking […]
Sometimes you get an inspiration that can be literally blinding for your artwork. Then when you approach the canvas, you freeze or only do the background or simple parts of the painting. I recently fought that very problem with my latest painting. I knew in my mind’s eye what it […]
Have you ever been somewhere and an idea for a painting exploded into your mind and vision so clearly you felt you could touch the object of that vision? Did you have your trusty pencil and paper with you for those moments? Or did you forget to bring it or […]
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