CLOSE TO THE HEART

24 inch or 60.96 centimeter square Oil on gallery wrap canvas..
sides are 1 and 1/2 inches deep, painted black, ready
to hang.


SOLD Naperville IL

"OVER THE TOP"

"OVER THE TOP"

24 inch or 60.96 centimeter square Oil on gallery wrap canvas..sides are 1 and 1/2 inches deep, painted black

CLIK ON THE TITLE BAR TO LINK TO UGALLERY AND THIS PAINTING FOR SALE

"DISCERNING PRUDENCE"

"DISCERNING PRUDENCE" click on the paintings title to link over to this painting listed for sale at Ugallery.



SOLD .... Great Britain

Ambiguos Beaty.......watercolor

Small 8 x 8.24 inch watercolor painting now on display at Ugallery...... 20.32 x 20.95 centimeters

SOLD

'CHOSEN TO LOVE'

Click on the pictures to zoom in....or click on the t title bar to get to my work on




SOLD


'CHOSEN TO LOVE'
original oil on gallery wrap canvas
sides are 1 and 1/2 inch deep

Paintings available at Ugallery.........

"NOT ON THE LIPS #3"

SOLD

... click on title bar for Ugallery.......

20X40 OIL ON BELGIAN LINEN

SOLD

...and the winner is......

My favorite from last weeks paintings........ too wet to touch the sides for photography... wanted to share any way..........a gallery wrap (1 and 1/2 inch deep) 24 inch square oil painting sides painted black- titled Not On The Lips ...#3 .....(you can click on the photos for closer detail)...
SOLD

Wrapped In Orange

SOLD
Gallery wrap (1 and 1/2 inch deep) 24 inch square oil painting - titled Wrapped In Orange

Chosen To Love

Gallery wrap (1 and 1/2 inch deep) 24 inch square oil painting - titled Chosen To Love

'FATHER AND CHILD'

SOLD


this little treasure went to a lovely home in
Wales, Great Britain.....to join a few of my
other paintings :)

A FEW MORE NEW PAINTINGS......

....just for fun......BLOCK PAINTINGS......

Dilon Willard Itzky
(sold)
and
Ms. NancyNunn

OIL PAINTINGS ON BLOCK
WITH GAMVAR VARNISH
5.5" X 3.5" X 3/4th " deep....

Random Artprize Pictures.......

.......a few more pictures courtesy of Sayon Koumalinen.....


......entertainment was too easily found.......



Walked into an impromptu interview at the gallery.....
not sure if it aired....but still good practice at getting over the jitter bugs :) ......





......one of my favorite photos at Artprize..... not sure what it was titled....loved the expression!

The Velocity Toward Common – Part 1

The Velocity Toward Common – Part 1

This is another great article calling out the quacks from the ducks.
A duck with the most 'soul' often most noticeable. I apologize for the
short post, have to go practice my quacking!

....Artist A.E. Kieren gave me a highlight blogging about Artprize... :)

.....I was at class the other evening and learned that if you go to google , and then click on the more button, scroll down to blogs and click again.....enter what you are looking for in the search bar.......and there it is..... .....so I tried it.... put in a favorite of mine... (Malcolm Liepke) ........and there it was..... a blog by artist A.E. Kieren (Anthony) , another Artprize Artist http://www.artprize.org/artists/public-profile/49383 , (THANK YOU!!!!) gave me a highlight blogging about Artprize... :) So a big 'thank you' to

more ArtPrize highlights' (click on the link for the full article... he is really a quite talented writer/ illustrator worth checking out)

I was chatting with one of my funny brothers (I have a few of them...I mean funny as in gut wrenching funny- hilarious like) .... He was asking about Artprize, so I told him about the blog highlight ....He wasn't quite sure who Liepke was, so I informed him that he takes in a rough 10 thousand per square foot or so....and sent him a link to some of his work... I suppose he checked out a few of the links and came back with a quick.....'Clearly the guy is copying you'....It was suggested that I may as well forget about painting and just sue the guy for all he is worth. Take the pants right off of him.....and his 'anky' too, if he had one. For anyone who gets an inkling that I am serious here... it would be best just to start laughing..... Malcolm has much more wisdom than I in terms of painting, (I can only be the judge on matters that I know of, though many likely would say he has much more wisdom on all matters !) .....I have yet to see one of his beautiful works in the buff (not talking about me :) I am saying I havn't seen any for real! Only online, magazines, and books. I have been asked several times if I have studied with Malcolm also known as Skip Liepke or another well known artist, Milt Kobayashi, which is flattery in itself, but no, wish I had! Have to add that I havn't even come close to creating equal to their goodness!
What an inspiration! Purchased a book of Liepke work, and catalogues of his from either the Eleanor Ettinger Gallery or the Arcadia Gallery , I don't remember which......

None the less, I feel somewhat sense of accomplishment in getting steps closer. I need to convey my own branding though....I just havn't figured how to call it all out. I am waiting for that day!

Ugallery.......here I come :)........

I look like I was in a paint war today (accomplished 12 hours worth, and almost 4 paintings :) 3 6x6 inch.... and a 20 by 40 or so, HOWEVER, the paintings DIDN'T just take 30 minutes, or a few hours, it has taken the last 20 years (must have started when I was 9, cause I am holding at 29 yrs- for another 10 :) )......just a quick sharing for today....... .....Ugallery now has some of my work up for sale, looking forward to what may come. Ugallery is an online gallery, based both in San Fransisco and NY, NY...... they also do 3 to 4 art shows per year. Aside from getting tons of press- http://www.ugallery.com/press.aspx , in 2009, Ugallery artwork was featured in the movie, "It's Complicated" with Meryl Streep, Steve Martin, and Alec Baldwin. That same year, two Ugallery pieces were selected to decorate the lobby of the new Hotel Palomar in Philadelphia.

......Artprize photo on Flickr.........

Follow the link over to Flickr......or google Flickr......then enter Artprize 2010 to see tons of photos from Artprize....... the link I entered will take you directly to one taken of ' The Right Stuff '.......

.....and some more fun....... Artprize 2010 .....

.....Also wanted to say thank you to sister Audrey for coming to Grand Rapids for Artprize..... We had much fun......as evidence shows..... It was also a pleasure to meet (another Menahga native ) Pete Odland, his wife Bobbi, and children......and a few little pups that I would have liked to smuggle home...they were SO cute!... and yes......they all would be worth taking home ! But I am sure they are not going to want to give up their dreamland .......breathtakingly gorgeous!