The Quiet Hours, 2015

Please join if you will on Friday, May 15 from 6-8PM at Cantrell Gallery, 8206 Cantrell Road, Little Rock, Arkansas.

Monroe County Courthouse #2, Monroe County

Monroe County Courthouse #2

8X10, Oil on Panel

Available

 

 

During my show at Cantrell Gallery last year, I had a plein air I did of this courthouse that focused on the tower.  It sold during the show.  A few weeks later, someone called the gallery asking if it was still available and when informed it was not asked if I would do another one for them.  So I finally remembered and painted this one in time for my show this year.  I was pretty happy to oblige since I find this to be among the top ten courthouses in the state.  The show, by the way, opens next Friday!

Filling in some gaps

I have been remiss in tooting my own horn here it seems.  I have been accepted into a couple of shows and done some interesting things lately that I just don't seem to get around to blogging about. 

I had two out of two paintings accepted into the Fort Smith Regional Art Museum's 65th River Valley Exhibition.  The facility there is very cool.  The space they have is new to them I believe and is a converted bank.  The architecture is in that 50's/60's Modern style with lots of glass and concrete.  I was quite impressed with it when I dropped off my paintings there.  I was unable to attend the opening but I was informed later that one of my paintings had sold and the show was so successful that they wanted to keep it up until October I believe it was.  I was very happy to get into this show because two of the jurors are curators and Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville.  It is thrilling to know that my work was selected by people whose days are surrounded by work painted by some of my favorite artists.

Speaking of Crystal Bridges, I finally made it up there to Bentonville to check the place out and it was amazing.  To think that there are now Sargent's hanging in Arkansas!  The museum itself is a work of art and has to be seen to be believed.  I will do a post with pictures soon.  This museum is definitely a national treasure and urge you to go visit it.

My show at Cantrell Gallery comes down this week.  The last time I had been in there I was told that 13 paintings had sold!  I will have to spend some time updating my Available Work page!

I also had two out of two paintings accepted into the Arkansas League of Artists Annual Juried Show.  That show opens this Friday and is also at Cantrell Gallery. So I get 3 full months of hanging work in their main exhibition space!

Last but not least, I went to Colorado Springs a couple of weeks ago to take a  2 day workshop with Dan Schultz.  Day 1 was plein air painting and Day was portraiture from life which is a huge departure from what I typically do.  The portraiture was very daunting and at least as difficult as I expected.

Flat Iron Building, Eureka Springs, Carroll County, A Show Opening, and a Mountain Bike Race!

Flat Iron Building, Eureka Springs

16X20, Oil on Panel

SOLD

 

 

Here is the last piece that made it into my solo show at Cantrell Gallery that opening last Friday night.  Not a whole lot to say about this one.  It's the Flat Iron Building in Eureka Springs, one of my favorite towns in Arkansas.  Obviously, this building is modeled after the NYC Flat Iron.  If memory serves, this actual building is the second Flat Iron in Eureka.  The first one burned to the ground at some point and was rebuilt.

 

My show opening on Friday night was an awesome success!  I was extremely pleased with the turnout.  There were times when the room was about as full as it could reasonably be!  I apologize to the people I that I know who I wasn't able to say hi to because I was busy talking to other people.  I received a whole lot of support both from coworkers at my day job and the local cycling community.  The cyclists came out in droves to see the show including some who were in town for a mountain bike race the next day.  The opening also made the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette's Top Ten List of things to do that weekend, coming in at #7!  Wish I could find a link to that.  I was asked about several counties and when I was going to get around to them so this concept is very well received in the local community.  I sold eight pieces on opening night with at least two of them going to a large medical facility.  Yes, a very successful show for me!

 

 

Some of the many fellow cyclists who came out

 

I also followed up the show by doing my first ever mountain bike race the next morning!  That was also a great success except for the fact that I somehow managed to lose my wife's brand new cycling glasses before the race even started.  I got 2nd out of 13 in my class.  It helped that I really knew the trails well.  Check out the writeup about the race from a very popular local outdoors blog, Arkansas Outside!  Looks like I'll be heading back up to Eureka Springs in a couple of weeks for another mountain bike race called the Phat Tire Festival.  I won't be racing this time but I will be taking some pictures for painting references!





Painting Arkansas Solo Show

I have a solo show opening next week at Cantrell Gallery.  The reception is Friday, June 28th from 6-8pm.  The show runs until August 17th.  If you are in the area, please come by and see it!

Low Slung, Poinsett County

Low Slung

8X10, Oil on Panel

Available

Here's a rare totally alla prima piece I did a while back.  Poinsett County is in the Delta so it's flat, flat, flat.  That makes for good big sky paintings.  Last night I attended the opening of a show at Cantrell Gallery called "Structures" by Daniel Coston.  Dan currently lives in Fayetteville which is in the northwest corner in the Ozarks but he is a product of the Delta and paints a lot of scenes from the flatland.  He prefers a long, low aspect ratio for many of his Delta pieces.  Great show and a really nice guy.

New Gallery Representation

I am very pleased to announce that this afternoon, I will be delivering more pieces to the Cantrell Gallery in Little Rock.  I really like the way the fine folks at Cantrell operate and I think this is an excellent fit for me.  I look forward to hanging many pieces of art on their walls during the coming years!

Cantrell Gallery is located at 8206 Cantrell Road in Little Rock.  If you are ever in the area, please stop by and take a look.

Gist Music, Helena, AR, Phillips County

Gist Music

9X12, Oil on Panel

SOLD

I have finally gotten my camera replaced and have several paintings that need to be posted.  Here is the completed piece from my recent trip to Helena.  This is Gist Music on Cherry Street.

I am very pleased to announce that I have had two pieces accepted in the Arkansas League of Artists Juried show.  This show will hang at the Cantrell Gallery at 8206 Cantrell Road in Little Rock from September 9 to October 29.  The pieces accepted can be seen here and here.  This show was juried by an outstanding Little Rock based artist, Stephen Cefalo.  I feel very honored to have had not just one but two pieces selected by him for this show.