Pastels

Luscious colors, messy dust - did this sketch in the shed. Chilly!

When is an artwork finished? - see updates 12/18/21

It is a question that all artists I know of wrestle with from time to time. This is one that I keep tinkering with. I think it’s where I want it to be - it gives an idea of the diverse, eclectic and small scale feeling of this area that we have gotten to know and become fond of. I deliberately leave out the items that would really make it ‘real’ - people, cars, busses, signs - so it is a bit of a fantasy? Do we often tend to ‘ look through’ those of omnipresent parts of our everyday existence?

This is better for the colors? Part of the point is the diversity, the character, the color both metaphorically and literally

And this has an added layer of - street life!

Detail of the streetlife silhouettes

Love love love

Agrarian Trust, puts together farmers with land they can farm without the giant expense of purchasing land. In Roanoke, there’s a young farmer who is working people’s back yards. Brilliant!

Mod home

Someone with a mod home, commission me for a home portrait!

Firefly in Charlottesville - poster display

Hey! This is a community center almost, a restaurant with no pretension and friendly folks, a neighborhood place like I’ve not seen in Charlottesville. I’m happy to have been asked to install posters there so come on by starting tomorrow, Friday October 15th.

https://www.fireflycville.com

oooh large format posters now possible

I do get asked about larger posters, such as 30x40 or the classic movie poster size which is 27x40 (though they can get much larger, especially the older ones.)

I think I can comfortably offer 24x36 which is similar proportion to the 13x19 native format I work with. Of course I need to job out the printing, at least for now though I am considering purchasing a roll-fed printer (which takes up a lot of floor space - something I do not have) Price will be around $300? These are art prints: they are not mass produced on a giant four color press, they are printed on matte white paper and have that same saturated silkscreen-like Big Color.

No I do not ship to Texas. Also do not order from Texas.

For obvious reasons. Sorry.

Posters in the wild! Thanks for sending the pix, love it!

This is mid century mod cool

I never did manage to connect with this hotel, which is awesome btw, we stayed there many years ago. But I like this image. Yes its mine :-)

Loving the yellows

It’s tricky getting this printer to render a decent yellow - unless it is a warm, saturated yellow, like sunflower yellow. I’ve been trying to find the right place for these monarch butterflies. Hey! Farms around here are increasingly planting sunflowers. This is a super summery scene. Very happy.

It debuted at the gallery this morning and it sold almost right away :-)

We were in DC this weekend

We hiked Rock Creek Park. There are so many parks, and views of/from water - it’s a very livable city and fun to visit.

Old Town Alexandria

There is so much that is picturesque there but perhaps it’s greatest beauty is in the blocks and blocks on cobblestone streets lined with history. Hard to choose which exactly, so here are some images of actual or almost actual houses in Old Town.

This is a fun one. I made it for the November races which will be here soon enough.

There’s even a matching coffee mug