A page from my sketch book

This image is a page from my sketch book. I have been doing these graphic "doodles" for the last 6 to 8 months and really enjoy them. It started as a way to keep my hands busy during a necessary, but boring 2 day seminar on retirement planning. Now, I find them very relaxing. Initially, they were just in black ink and just a couple of weeks ago, I started using colored pens as well.

Spring Show Information

Spring 2009 Events
Chesapeake Art Show

April 25 &26 2009

Saturday, April 25th - 10:00 am to 5:00 pm

Sunday, April 26th - noon to 5:00 pm

This year, the event will be held at Portlock Galleries in SoNo, 3815 Bainbridge Blvd., Chesapeake, VA 23324. Additional information may be found at the following web sites: http://www.hope-house.org/arts/chesapeake/ and http://www.portlockgalleries.com/ My artwork will be used on promotional information.

Gosport Arts Festival

May 9 & 10, 2009

Saturday, May 9th - 10:00 am to 6:00 pm

Sunday, May 10th - 10:00 am to 5:00 pm

The show will be held on High Street in Portsmouth, Virginia from the waterfront to Court Street. For additional information, please follow this link: http://www.gosportartsfestival.com/

Stockley Gardens Arts Festival

May 16 & 17, 2009

Saturday, May 16th - 10:00 am to 6:00 pm

Sunday, May 17th - noon to 6:00 pm

This year is the 25th Anniversary of the show. The festival is held at Stockley Gardens Park in the Ghent Section of Norfolk. Directions and additional information may be found by following this link: http://www.hope-house.org/arts/stockley-gardens/

New Monoprints

A number of years ago, I enjoyed monoprints. A while back I had access to a printing press and made a stack of them. The two in this post are on their way to a show at the Riverview Gallery with a spring planting, farming theme. It was so much fun to do these prints. These were made using water-based printing ink on a plate. Then I drew into the ink and ran it through a press.

Chesapeake Art Show

I will be in an art show April 25th and 26th at the Chesapeake Museum in Chesapeake, VA. This painting will be used for their publicity. Can't wait to see the posters, etc. This was so much fun to paint, I just love whimsical and colorful.

Riverview Gallery - Wildlife Art

I have decided to rent space at the Riverview Gallery starting this week. I will have work on exhibit there on a regular basis. In addition to resident artists, there will also be period theme shows. Tonight is the opening for:

A Wild Evening at Riverview!

Multi Media Wildlife Art.

free and open to the public refreshments served

First Friday Reception March 6th 5pm to 8pm
Wild Life show to be featured through end of March

Come on by and check out my new space and the show, if not at the opening then sometime during the month.

Riverview Gallery is located in downtown Portsmouth at 1 High Street Portsmouth, VA 23701. For more information, just follow the link. http://riverviewgallery.biz/

Show news and paintings

Hope everyone has been staying warm this week, just another typical March here in Hampton Roads.

I have now heard from two of the shows that I applied to. I'll be doing the Chesapeake Art Show and Stockley Gardens this spring. More information on these to follow.

Also, I am posting two new paintings. The one on the left is a row of pears in mixed media. The other is a whimsical guitar painting in water media.

Katie Dog

I haven't painted any of my "Kaleidoscopia" animals in a while, so today I painted one that I had drawn a couple of months ago. I'm trying a new technique that I learned in a workshop where there is some drawing done in acrylic paint.

This is a painting of an English Setter named Katie. We always called her Katie Dog and she was with us for 17 years.