The Met...

 I TOOK MORE PHOTOS AT THE Met than I probably should've. I'll just say, art in recent years is complete trash in comparison to art from the past. The sculpting game, the painting game...what I see being passed off as the finest of art at museums is shameful. Take a look at the last photo above; see the messiness? Now look at the photo above it. Sargent was an absolute master at his craft. Take a look at the wild and messy brush strokes of the little girl's dress...and then at the woman and her child...pure brilliance. Now look at the work by Ellsworth Kelly below. When people say, "I could've done that," and a smug director says, "but you didn't," um...yes, we did. We all did. We did that in the third grade. You know what we were told? We were told that we needed to get better and improve. Some artists never did and they're the ones who made it into the Met, or the VMFA. 

St. Patrick's Cathedral

 

New York's Public Art

SOME PHOTOS OF SOME OF THE public art in New York. I wish I could post all of them. 

Our Recent Trip to New York

LYNANNE AND I RECENTLY WENT TO New York City for about a week to kind of get away before our busy season starts. Things begin to pick up when the students come back in the fall and the beginning of August really kicks off the rest of my year. We watched the fireworks over the Brooklyn Bridge, went to a jazz show, saw a sewer rat in the subway, went to a play on Broadway, took a boat ride past the Statue of Liberty, walked on the Little Island, and watched the sun set from the top of Rockefeller Building.

Coalescence Coffee Company

I just finished painting the sign for Coalescence Coffee Company. They're based in Norfolk but have just opened a shop in Richmond. I have to go back and fix the 'L' and the 'E'. There's a dip in the wall and from the ground it appears to bend down. 

 

My Newest Story

I TRY TO SAVE MY WRITING posts for my writing blog: johnpriceauthor.wordpress.com but I thought I'd post about my latest story here. I've written 16 short stories and have begun self-publishing them, releasing one every few months. The stories are all set in Richmond, VA and while each story stands alone (you can read them either in order or not or read just one) someone from each story makes an appearance later on. The idea is to show how all of our lives are connected. How often have we had a mutual friend with someone and not know it?

"Oh you know Chris? Oh my god, I've been friends with Chris for years!" 

"Really? We all should get together and have lunch one day!!"

We've all been there. These stories are no different. In the first story, Happy Little Sheds, a lady walks up to Mark Bolton's art stand named Carolyn. She's the main character in the next story, Hello, Carolyn. Her grandkids have a story of their own, The New Gardeners.

I could go on and on, but I'd love for you to read them for yourself. The latest story can be purchased here for .99 Message Not Delivered and is the 8th and final story in the collection. There will be 2 volumes, and the first 8 stories will make up the first volume. 

Message Not Delivered is a supernatural thriller and may not be suitable for readers under 18. I may do a small post here on my art blog in the upcoming weeks of all the stories. 

Don't Blink

 Don't Blink

16x20

Oil on Canvas

$1000

The original paining will be on display at the Richmond Raceway in the Old Dominion Building for NASCAR's Raceway August 12-17, 2025

NASC’ART, the Art of Speed and Racing Exhibition, 2025 at Richmond Rac | Crossroads Art Center