Open Mic Nite

Let's Celebrate!

'tis the season:)

Open Mic Nite  9x12 oil on museum board

Happy Holidays to all and wishing you a spectacular New Year!

Music is one of the things that Austin does best.

The painting above is Juan De Hoyos

on Open Mic Nite

at Poodies Hilltop Roadhouse.

You can learn more about Juan here:

www.juandehoyos.com

and hear his music here:

http://www.juandehoyos.com/music

Enjoy!

Over the years The Hilltop has hosted music legends such as Willie Nelson, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Asleep at the Wheel, Jerry Jeff Walker, Kevin Fowler and Toby Keith ( among others).

www.poodies.net

Announcing my BIG ADVENTURE in my next blog.

Please stay tuned.

(hint)- part of it involves Santiago!

Until then, continue to sparkle with delight in the season of light!


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Music and more....

The Continental Club

9 x 12 oil on museum board

Enjoyed some music recently with friends at the

Continental Club in downtown Austin

where we got to hear Redd Volkaert.

Redd used to play with Merle Haggart back in the day.

FINALLY!

I've got your chair waiting for you so we can relax

and catch up again:) 

Yes, it's been more work than expected, yes we made a huge mess,

and yes I am happy that the make over is finally over.

We went from this to this to this in what seemed like forever but

actually wasn't.

 Big, Big sigh of relief:)))))

We'll be able to see more of each other again!

Thanks for viewing my paintings and following along:)

Inspired

Porch Swing 12 x 12 oil on board

This painting was accepted into the

American Impressionist Society 

15th

 Annual National Juried Exhibition 

Abend Gallery, Denver Colorado 

October 2 – November 1, 2014 

Saying I'm excited to be in this show would be an

understatement.  I'm THRILLED!

If I had a bucket list this would be on it!

I was inspired to paint this after visiting my new friend

Dena Wenmoh who lives close by.

She is a wonderful artist and runs world class workshops

that you can check out here:

http://www.wenmohsranch.com/

Thoughts about competitions:

My feeling is that the most important thing

about painting is to be inspired and enthusiastic

about your own personal journey.

That being said, the occasional external validation

does feel encouraging! 

Yippie!

Thanks for viewing my art and following my blog,

comments are welcomed.

Porch Swing

Porch Swing 12 x 12 oil on panel

Happy summer to all!

I'm back to my painting and loving every minute.

Solar shades are wonderful.

That's how I solved the glare problem I had in my studio.

They cut the glare but you can still have a view.

I leave the north light windows open when I paint and put

them down while I work on the computer.

Plus they save you money on A/C-

pretty awesome:)

Hip Hop

Hip Hop  6 x 6  oil on board

This was a painting I was supposed to finish yesterday,

but just as I got started the whole country

of Malta had a black out!

My computer has two monitors, one of which

I keep right beside my easel so that

when I work from photos I

see much better colors.

I enjoyed doing these motion paintings

and I wanted to get one more

done to post before the challenge ends tomorrow.

to purchase for $100 click here 
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Musical Ipad

Musical Ipad 6 x 9 digital

 

This is another piece from Friday evening while

listening to jazz under a beautiful full moon.

I'd play around with it a bit and then pass

it to my friend Jeni Caurana and she

would work on it for a few minutes.

Our own version of

Musical Ipad.

 

 

 

 

 



Blue Moon Music

Blue Moon Music  6" x 9" Ipad

 

You're surprised right? Since this blog is about my creative

process I thought I'd share this.

Last night was a blue moon which is rare and I went

with some of my friends to the Bridge Bar in Malta to

listen to jazz.  It couldn't have been a more

beautiful night.

I'm glad I brought along my Ipad and we

had lots of fun playing with it.