Moments in Nature

I have been very busy redesigning my store Plein air cafe, and finally have high quality framed prints available in two sizes, as well as the ceramic tiles, mousepads, apparel and more. Now through March 28th using this special coupon code DULLSLEGEND, you can save 5$ on any purchase over $20.00. Click here to browse and purchase from a beautiful arrangement of high quality items created from my original plein air landscape paintings, all attractively priced. Give Art to Your Life, & Make it Beautiful! I have been stoking a super fun idea, that won’t be finished until well into spring or summer, and I’ll leave you with a hint ~Plein air puzzle. It’s going to be a unique interactive sort of piece. I’ve also been doing a lot of reading. I am part reader, and just a touch of a writer after all. Books are like gems to me, I truly treasure them. Sometimes I go long stretches without having a book that captures me. Now I have one brand new one thanks to Hillstead publishing Living the Artists Life, by Paul Dorrell, free to art bloggers, another is an unexpected ebook, gifted from a very kind soul and [ ... ]

of the Ohio Plein Air Society. I received my welcome packet the other day, and I am so thrilled to be apart of this group. There are paintouts scheduled throughout Ohio over the next few months and a competition in the fall. I won’t be able to attend all of them, but do look forward to meeting and painting with the other members. It’s a kinship of sorts, it takes a certain kind of painter to travel outside, painting on site the breathtaking majesty of nature.

It’s cool,Sometimes you eat the bar, sometimes the bar eats you. That’s the life of art and judges, every person has an opinion and taste of what they like and don’t like. I would have really liked a healthy critique though, but it was a messenger that made the phone call and not the judges. Hence no comment. Critiques are necessary to an artists growth.and I am always open to what people like and don’t like about my work, but more importantly,Why they feel the way they do. I know my plein air work is unusual, but I love it and am so very passionate about creating it. When I am painting, it is the only time everything, and I mean everything that troubles me melts away. I know this what I am suppose to be doing and that thought in itself is enough.

Fresh Art March 17 – May 6, 2006 2nd Annual Summit Artspace Juried Show Fresh ideas from emerging and established artists, all media.Work produced in 2005/2006 and not previously exhibited.$1,750 in prizes sponsored by Malone Advertising. Guest Judges: Don Harvey and Dan Tranberg I submitted my piece Shadows of Winter on Saturday, Phone calls will be made either Thursday or Friday of this week, notifying me and the other entrants of acceptance or rejection. I wish my caller id worked LOL, needless to say I won’t be online very much over the next two days. I do find it unusual, most times an artist will only receive a letter. This is more personal. The work I saw there was of quite a variety. Artists from the surrounding 3 counties were eligible to enter, being that the work was created in 05′ or 06′, other than that there were no strict requirements. The judges are familiar with Northeast Ohio and it is going to be interesting to see which pieces they choose to accept and display. The pieces I saw submitted included all levels of skill and talent. Of all the pieces I saw, there were a handful that stand out [ ... ]