Saturday, November 9, 2013

Annual Christmas Cards - 2013

Well, here we are again, another year has gone by, and we're offering our limited edition Christmas Cards. The card is based off of a painting I did earlier this year. Each year, I begin a painting in January, and by June/July, the painting is generally finished. The painting is then scanned and put on cards. There are only 100 cards this year.

Most of the time when I do a Christmas Card, it can be opened and either photos can be placed inside, or written on. This year, I decided to do something slightly different. This is a post-card style card, meaning that it does not open and close. So on the back of what you see above, with the exception of my logo, it is completely blank. The cards do come with an envelope and can either be ordered with a personalized greeting, or left blank. The personalized greeting will be hand-lettered in calligraphy at no additional charge.

Because these are not traditional, and are the post card-style cards, instead of $3, the cards are $2. If you order a set of 6, the price will be $10 for the 6 cards. Payment can be made via paypal or check.
Go ahead and place your order today!!

If anyone is interested in purchasing some of the cards from last year, there are a few remaining. Below is the image from last year's cards. The cost for those is $4.

Fireweed Forest

See what I mean? I should've stopped on the second painting. I just had to keep going. This is one of those paintings where I wish I didn't have to look at every day, but then again, maybe I'm being way too critical. Those beautiful mountains off in the distance that I really, really love ... you can barely see them now.
Anyway, the painting is 18x24, oil, and will be framed in six months, once it is varnished.
Email for purchasing information.

Monday, November 4, 2013

In Progress Painting - Fireweed Forest


This is a perfect example of a good painting gone bad. I absolutely love mountains. My time in Alaska, Tennessee, Washington State, I loved the mountains. This painting should've stopped right here ... but noooo ... not me. There's an old saying we used to have in the Army, "If it's not broke, fix it till it is." This painting ... this painting is a perfect example of that, which you will see in the upcoming days. Again, I should've stopped here, but I didn't.

What The Actual Hell...

I WAS AT THE VMFA NOT too long ago and the bottom 3 images were painted/sculpted by artists 100 or more years ago. The top 2 are works of ...