Fundraiser painting: "101 Years and Counting" completed and sold

A big thanks to benefactor and all around great guy, John Mitchell for purchasing the original oil painting. The money goes to the Livingston High School baseball program. The painting is based on a photo of the 1909 team. I'm still amazed when I think back on what life must have been like in the little farming communities at that time. This was 5 years before the start of WWI. Amazing.

Cafe Rolle Painting Delivered to Chef William Rolle

I was finally able to drop off the original painting after I made some adjustments and chef Rolle was very excited. He's going to hang the original in the restaurant. 11x14 prints are $25 and 16x20 prints are $40. They are matted to that size. I am now able to complete credit and debit card transactions so let me know if you would like to purchase anything.

Painting demo of West Indian Girl's Sofia

Well, here it is....finally finished it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJpOY1CAjOo

I'm happy with it.

さいごに私の新しいビデオを終わりました。ソフィアちゃんはよくでるですから。。。。ものすごく幸せです。今主奥さんと子供たちが千葉県に戻ります。じじとばば　孫の顔を見れるから。。。うれしいです。私は７月３０日に日本に行きます。

　

Squall cover for the Journal of Consciousness Studies

I'm excited and honored to announce that the publishers at the Journal of Consciousness Studies in the U.K. would like to use another painting for the cover of both a journal edition and a book.

I contacted them and we're discussing the possibility of doing a commission painting specifically for the journal and book cover. The idea is that it will show people in a downpour, hoping that somehow their story would be told. Presumably, those stories are contained in the book.

I always enjoy working with Anthony and the people at the JCS. To date they have used "Monk, Monk, Monkey", "Lone Cypress", and the Tsunami Relief painting "Wondering" for their covers.

West Indian Girl Band Painting

I've been communicating with a great L.A. band called "West Indian Girl" and have begun doing a series of paintings for them, ideally for a CD cover. After talking with founding member Fran Ten we started brainstorming some ideas. If I did one painting and it wasn't right it would be a shame for everyone so I decided to do something I've never done before; create an outline image, scan and print it onto canvas and watercolor paper, then do a series of paintings in different styles. This photo isn't very clear, but it will eventually be scanned in at a high resolution.

I'm excited about all the possibilities for these paintings. We can sell these versions, prints of them, the band can paint in their own versions and sell them, fans could color them in at shows...we can create a coloring book for the kids! These will take a while to finish so I'll post them as I complete them. I'm going to do versions in pop art, impressionism, etc.

Suchi Bhosle...an artist to watch

I just got off the phone today with my good friend and mentor, Suchitra Bhosle. She just returned from a long trip back to India and gave me a ring to say hello. She mentioned that she just did an interview with Southwest Art magazine, one of the premier mags in this country, because she was listed as an "artist to watch" in 2009. I've taken a few classes from Suchi in the past and plan to take more. She's a great artist and, unlike some other teachers, can convey important points so you feel like you know more when you leave than when you arrived. I can't stress enough the importance of being able to teach...anything. So I'm very excited for her and I look forward to hearing more details from her trip back to India.