My First Commission...

ANNABELLE
Ink with Chinese Brush on Watercolor Paper
23 x 29

Lab Lying on Bed

It was "go BIG

or

go home" with this guy.

LAB LYING ON BED

Ink with Chinese Brush on Watercolor Paper

31 x 41

I REALLY DID GET ACCEPTED INTO THE SOUTHEASTERN WILDLIFE EXPO FEB 17, 18, 19, 2012 !!!!!

Ever since I found out, I had been working feverishly on dogs to get ready for the show

UNTIL

I saw Jack Hanna being interviewed during the animal disaster in Ohio.  When I heard him tell how devastated he was over the senseless death and destruction of many ENDANGERED SPECIES and how he would never forget what had happened, I couldn't think of anything else.

I REALIZED IT WAS TIME TO START STUDYING LARGE CATS.

Could it be possible that my drawing could make just one person stop and think for one minute about what life would be like without tigers and lions?.

 MAKE A DECISION
35 x 41

 WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?

36 x 36

Southeastern Wildlife Expo

February 17, 18, 19, 2012

MY DOGS HAVE BEEN ACCEPTED INTO THE SHOW!

I AM HONORED AND THRILLED!

Check out the SEWE website!

THIS IS AN AMAZING WORLD RENOWN EVENT

I will be producing dogs, dogs, and more dogs for the show!

I will post them as they are born

CHARLESTON ART WALK OCTOBER 2011

I humbly dedicate my very first post to the Charleston Art Walk held on October 7.  It is there that I discovered my new favorite artist.  As I wandered through the shoulder to shoulder crowd at the Robert Lange Studio on Friday night, I was totally taken aback by the amazing array of art located throughout this electric gallery.  It was when I had reached the rear wall of the gallery that I was particularly struck by a painting entitled "Absence" by Charles Williams.  I just discovered that Charles grew up in Georgetown, South Carolina, just a few miles north of where I grew up.  The marshes and the waters are uniquely beautiful and pristine in both areas.  Charles truly captured the essence of my childhood surroundings in this painting.  From a few feet away I was amazed.  I was then drawn closer to the driftwood on the Low Country beach so typical of scenes I fondly remember on Bull Island.  I was drawn even closer to follow the drips of paint that seemingly fall off the edge of the canvas and to see the brush strokes suddenly disappear into the bottom of the white canvas.  Charles' highly acclaimed technique gently reminds me that this actually is a painting and, at the same time, reveals the colors used.  Upon returning home, I eagerly checked out the Robert Lange website where I happily discovered that Charles William II is going to have a solo show on December 2, after which time his work will be on exhibit through December 31.  I will definitely consider this an early Christmas present!  Thank you, Mr. Williams!