Export to PDF | Export to DOCHappy Birthday! I was commissioned to create this painting as a surprise birthday gift. It’s inspired by photos I took while picking apples on the most beautiful autumn afternoon. If you haven’t been to Sky Top Orchard in Flat Rock, NC it is worth the trip for the panoramic mountain views. […]
Export to PDF | Export to DOCOne of the perks of being an artist is that I can do some pretty great bartering from time to time. This summer was my best score ever. I traded a week in this great beach house on Pawleys Island, SC in exchange for a three commissioned oil paintings […]
Export to PDF | Export to DOCMy business has seen better days (and weeks, and years.) The economy has wreaked havoc with my sales during each and every one of the juried art shows I’ve done this fall. I’m seriously questioning whether or not I should continue painting, and wondering how I will stay in […]
Export to PDF | Export to DOCToday is the first day of the 2010 Together For Adoption National Conference. It’s being held both today and tomorrow in Austin, Texas. With over 160 million orphans worldwide, this conference exists to educate people on how to practically live out “James 1:27” which says we are to care […]
Export to PDF | Export to DOCIf you follow my blog, then you may have seen all my posts about the painting I recently did for the orphans of Haiti. TOMORROW is the big day. The bidding starts on “HAITI: we have not forgotten”! If this isn’t enough to keep my mind thinking about Haiti […]
Export to PDF | Export to DOCWhy aren’t there any wet paintings in my drying rack today? I had a client come this morning to pick up the three commissioned pieces I painted for him in August. It looks so empty without those three paintings, but Ron was really excited about them, so I know […]
Export to PDF | Export to DOCI’m in the home stretch of this painting I’m creating for the 2010 Together For Adoption Conference. It’s called “HAITI: We Have Not Forgotten.” It will be auctioned off in an effort to hopefully raise at least $10,000 to help the orphans in Haiti. Here’s photos from Day 10 […]
Export to PDF | Export to DOCIf you’ve been following my blog, then you know I’m in the midst of talking about a painting I’m creating as a donation to the 2010 Together For Adoption Conference, and their efforts to raise money for the orphans of Haiti. Day 8 into my painting called “HAITI: We […]
Export to PDF | Export to DOCHow do you stay clean while living in a tent? How do you live in a tent with strangers? How do you move on when your life and city has been devastated by an earthquake? I do not know. I’ve spent seven days trying to untangle a very complicated […]
Export to PDF | Export to DOCI’ve creating an oil painting which I am donating to help raise money for the orphans in Haiti. It will be auctioned off at the 2010 Together for Adoption Conference which is being help on October 1-2 in Austin, Texas this year. Here’s some photos of days three and […]
