Open Studio.

Ok, so this post is a little late. Anna Fox Ryan and I held an Open Studio event in June. It was a great turn out, and we plan to do it again this Winter. I missed those of you who could not be there, I hope to see you at the next one. If you are interested and live in the Savannah area, feel free to email me and I will make sure you get an invitation to the next event.

Thanks to The South Magazine who was there to document the event. There are more photos on their website @ Thesouthmag.com. You can also find a great article about Artist Anna Fox Ryan in the July issue.

Also, thanks is in order to Janie and Peter Broadhead of Brighter Day Natural Foods for donating delicious munchies for the event.




Fellow artists, Anna Fox Ryan and Christine Sajecki. We will have our work showing together in Lisbon, Portugal this Fall.

For the Benefit of Statts.

I had the opportunity to have one of my pieces auctioned of for the "Benefit of Statts." The event was a smashing success. Susan Laney and crew did an amazing job. I was very proud to be a part of such a good cause, and I look forward to donating next year.

"Anna" - IN PROGRESS.

"Anna" in progress. 18"x24"

This will be complete as soon as my fiance' finds the time to just sit still. In other words, in all likeliness I will never have the chance to finish this! Only time and patience will tell.

I have to apologize for the horrible image quality of the new couple of posts. Our comrade and photographer, had an unfortunate time with the theft of his equipment. So these a re taken on my little pocket camera.

Head Study.

"Head Study" 11"x14"

I have been attending life painting sessions at SCAD for some time now. For the most part I am self taught as a painter, except for the extra curricular advice that I have received from Roger Walton and John Rise, of which I am forever grateful. In this painting session, Roger worked with me on using grays vs hue saturation. It is a tough concept when working alla-prima, but I am beginning to get a handle on it.

Little Tybee.

Little Tybee Study. 9"x11"

I decided to do a little plein-air painting a few weeks ago. It is always interesting to break routine, and throw something new into the mix. This is my first plein-air painting, so I have learned a lot from the experience. Move fast, enjoy the changes in the weather, and streamlining is absolutely neccassary.

I did this a few months ago when I was frustrated with the lack of sitters to paint. I was not painting at all, so I decided to paint for the sake of painting. Two things resulted from it. This painting, and an end to an artistic drought. Sometimes you have to just keep swimming. Thanks Dorie.

"Linda"

I am continuing to attend life painting. This is from Saturday's sitting. I had a little bit of a rough start; I spilled my cup of coffee in the parking lot, was late to set up, picked a spot and when my back was turned a professor had moved me, and it was really crowded. After I took a few deep breaths to calm down, I was able to pull myself together and I feel like I got into a good rhythm.