This is our Memorial Day Weekend

This is a time traditionally set aside to honor those who gave their lives for our freedom.

We are free people and we can disagree about where, and
how, and when we should defend freedom, but we are only
free because brave men and women have resisted tyranny. In
honor of those who died on 9/11, and to all of those who
have sacrificed through the centuries so that we can have
our picnics and watch our races, and have our debates

News Letter

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Choose your tools carefully

"The thoughts we choose to think are the tools we use to
paint the canvas of our lives."
-- Louise Hay


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We Are What We Imagine

 "We are what we imagine. 

Our very existence consists in  our imagination of ourselves.

 The greatest tragedy that  can befall us is to go unimagined."      --  N. Scott Momaday

I love all medium of art. I often take a break from oil painting to explore some of them. I keep coming back to oils ,I love the way it spread on the canvas creamy and thick or smooth and transparent. I like the way oils reflect light and the endless color combination I can make.

These are a few of my daily paintings:I like to take and make a composite of them at the end of the week.

This is one of my larger works.

Fall Colors

16x20

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Plein Air Painters

First Plein Air Salon Competition Announced, $20,000 in Awards
PleinAir magazine has announced its first annual Plein Air Salon Competition,which is accepting entries starting today. The annual competition will award up to $20,000 in annual cash prizes plus exposure in PleinAir magazine, along with many other prizes and recognition. The competition will consist of six bi-monthly contests, and the winners of each will be entered into the annual competition. The first bi-monthly contest, will be judged by master artist Curt Walters... READ MORE

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Having Fun with Art

French Art Thief style="font-size: 18pt; color: black; ">After careful planning, he got past security, stole the paintings from the Louvre, and made it safely to his van. However, he was captured only two blocks away when his van ran out of gas. When asked how he could mastermind such a crime yet make such an obvious error, he replied, 'Monsieur, that is the reason I stole the paintings.' I had no Monet � to buy Degas to make the Van Gogh See if you have De Gaulle to send this on to someone else. � I posted this for you because I figured I had nothing Toulouse

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Green Series

This is the second painting in my Green Series,Green occupies more space in the spectrum visible to the human eye than most colors, and is second only to blue as a favorite color. Green is the pervasive color in the natural world, making it an ideal backdrop in interior design because we are so used to seeing it everywhere.

Green Apple

About This Painting:
Green Apple
5x7
oil painting on canvas mounted on a museum quality panel

Media: oil painting
Size: 7 in X 5 in (17.8 cm X 12.7 cm)
Price: $120 USD

How to Purchase:

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Price: $120 USD plus $10 USD s/h
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Quotes to Make you Think

"He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire." - Winston Churchill

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High Curiosity

Twice a week I get a nice email in my in box from Robert Glen.

They are always well written, he has a way with the written word that paints color in my mind a way that I aspire to be able to write like.

Today he he waxed colorfully on the art of measuring yourself for four virtues--motivation, curiosity, work habits and ego force--you can get an idea how your own chances stack up.

Then again you might just become a roaring success by being lackadaisical, ignorant, lazy and without confidence. In the funny game we call art, it's been done. Regarding ego force, we don't always like people who have it. If you have it, and need to be liked, you ought to consider letting most of it come out the end of your brush.

"What makes people smart, curious, alert, observant, competent, confident, resourceful, persistent--is not having access to more and more learning places, resources, and specialists, but being able in their lives to do a wide variety of interesting things that matter, things that challenge their ingenuity, skill, and judgment, and that make an obvious difference in their lives and the lives of people around them." (John Holt)




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Baby Steps

"I am always doing that which I can not do, in order that I may learn how to do it." --Pablo Picasso

No matter what you're trying to achieve or transform in your life, my bet is that the easiest, and probably the fastest way to "get there" is to commit to a series of daily baby steps. List small, simple actions you can take in pursuit of your goals every single day. Then commit that you will do them, every day, no matter what. I think you'll like the results.This comes from Philip E Humbert's Tips for Extraordinary Living to read more visit his website.

I have started my green series. I plan to work through about 30 ideas painting them small. I then want to take 5 or 6 of these ideas and expand on them. Trying larger paintings with them.I also plan on doing at least 2 large abstracts just to make me stretch a little.Big plans but I have started the Baby steps.

This is the first in my green series of spring paintings. I added a little whimsical note by putting a small fairy in it. I hope the frog knows it's not a bug.

Frog Green

About This Painting:
Frog Green
7x5 oil on canvas mounted on a museum quality panel

Media: oil painting
Size: 5 in X 7 in (12.7 cm X 17.8 cm)
Price: $120 USD

How to Purchase:

Buy this painting on PayPal
Price: $120 USD plus $10 USD s/h
Or, send me an email

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A little Fun in the Studio

A "paraprosdokian" is a figure of speech in which the latter part of a sentence or phrase is surprising or unexpected in a way that causes the reader or listener to re-frame or reinterpret the first part. It is frequently used for humorous or dramatic effect, sometimes producing an anticlimax.

So for fun today I am passing this along to you.


Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.


If I agreed with you, we’d both be wrong.


We never really grow up; we only learn how to act in public.


War does not determine who is right – only who is left.


Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit; Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.


Do not argue with an idiot. He will drag you down to his level and beat you with experience.


I want to die peacefully in my sleep, like my grandfather. Not screaming and yelling like the passengers in his car.


Going to church doesn’t make you a Christian any more than standing in a garage makes you a car.


The last thing I want to do is hurt you. But it’s still on the list.


To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism. To steal from many is research.


A bus station is where a bus stops. A train station is where a train stops. On my desk, I have a work station.


How is it one careless match can start a forest fire, but it takes a whole box to start a campfire?


Dolphins are so smart that within a few weeks of captivity, they can train people to stand on the very edge of the pool and throw them fish.


I didn’t say it was your fault; I said I was blaming you.


Why does someone believe you when you say there are four billion stars but check when you say the paint is wet?


Behind every successful man is his woman. Behind the fall of a successful man is usually another woman.


A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory.


You do not need a parachute to skydive. You only need a parachute to skydive twice.


The voices in my head may not be real, but they have some good ideas!


Always borrow money from a pessimist. He won’t expect it back.


A diplomat is someone who can tell you to go to hell in such a way that you will look forward to the trip.


Hospitality: making your guests feel like they’re at home, even if you wish they were.


Money can’t buy happiness, but it sure makes misery easier to live with.


Some cause happiness wherever they go. Others whenever they go.


I used to be indecisive. Now I’m not sure.


When tempted to fight fire with fire, remember that the Fire Department usually uses water.


You’re never too old to learn something stupid.


To be sure of hitting the target, shoot first and call whatever you hit the target.


Nostalgia isn’t what it used to be.


Some people hear voices. Some see invisible people. Others have no imagination whatsoever.


A bus is a vehicle that runs twice as fast when you are after it as when you are in it.

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Think Like A Painter

Do you think like a painter. How do you see your world? Are you a dabber when you paint; making run on sentences with you paint brush? Learn to see and make bold brush strokes with pieces of paint and describe your world.How do you see your world?

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Art Festivals

It is spring and time for many artist to start there spring art festival shows. If you are new to doing shows outside in the elements, there is a lot to learn.Howard Alan Events a great art show promoter and who's shows I have been fortunate enough to have done, had some great examples of what art show booths should look like.To get the most sales and to get into the very best shows this is what your booth need to look like.I know the first few shows I did my booth was not not up to par but it didn't take me long to ask questions and to learn what is needed to be at the top to my game. Maybe this will help you shorten the learning curve and eliminate costly mistakes.To read more their blog link is ArtFestival Blog

Examples Of Great Booth Displays Per Category

First, your booth display is very important for your juried score to get into Art Festival or Craft Festival. You may have the most beautiful work, but if your display is not great, you will not get invited to our show.

Not only is your booth display important for your juried score to get into the show, but also it’s the first thing a patron will see! It may be the deciding factor of whether or not a potential customer walks into your booth.

Here are some great examples of booth displays:

3D Booth Display

Double Booth (10x20)

Fiber Display

Mixed Media Display

Painting Display

Photography Display

Sculpture Display

All of the pictures above are fabulous examples of booth displays.

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When Life give you Lemons

Every month I send out a few letters to galleries and shows I would like to be represented in. Sometimes I get in Yahoo, sometimes I don't so mush work but a must do for the artist. When I receive several rejections in a row my frail ego takes a beating, but one artist take a very creative look at those thank you for your submission letters and turns them into art.

Heather Passmore: Rejection, Revised

NEW GALLERY, CALGARY MAR 18 TO APR 23 2011

Heather Passmore Form Letters 2008–11 Detail Courtesy the artist

Vancouver artist Heather Passmore has taken to heart the old saying “When life hands you lemons, make lemonade.” That’s to say, she’s turned a decade’s worth of impersonal form letters from art institutions into an exciting series and exhibition at the New Gallery in Calgary. The show includes a wall-sized installation of 250 such letters and a series of 10 enlarged commissions of similar letters that she has illustrated by hand.

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The Color Green

In the next few weeks I am starting a series on the color green. Spring is in the air so painting in green are on my mind this month.

Painting with Green Center

“Absolute green is the most restful color, lacking any undertone of joy, grief, or passion. On exhausted men this restfulness has a beneficial effect, but after a time it becomes tedious.” -- Wassily Kandinsky

HOW THE COLOR GREEN AFFECTS US PHYSICALLY

• Soothes

• Relaxes mentally, as well as physically

• Helps alleviate depression, nervousness, and anxiety

• Offers a sense of renewal, self-control, and harmony

The word green is closely related to the Old English verb growan, "to grow". It is used to describe plants or the ocean. Sometimes it can also describe someone who is inexperienced, jealous, or sick. In the United States of America, green is a slang term for money, among other things. Several colloquialisms have derived from these meanings, such as "green around the gills", a phrase used to describe a person who looks ill.

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Habits

Aristotle

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.

As you know I am a daily painter, Some paintings are great others are so so and few , well they just get tossed. what daily painting does is it creates a habit. The habit of thinking about titles,subject matter,how to paint something remarkable that no one else has thought of yet, or the same old thing but make it look so different. The habit of painting makes you get a little better each time you pick up the brush.

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Pay to Play Galleries

I read this article on the ArtBusiness.com , I found it interesting because I think all of these have contacted me many times but they never seemed like something I wanted to do. I think the best way to get into a gallery is to do the foot work on your own. It is the the very best way to learn.

If you receive solicitations to participate in any for-profit exhibitions, galleries, publications, contests or competitions where you have to pay for the privilege of being included, first read the article Art Contests, Competitions, Shows and More Where You Pay Up Front-- Will They Get You Somewhere? Or Are They Dead Ends, Time Wastes or Scams? Then THOROUGHLY research any such offer-- BEFORE you pay. The article explains how to do this research right. No matter how marvelous an opportunity sounds, get the facts, get informed, and then make your decision.

Artists often find out about these offers through various forms of advertising, particularly mass emailings. The more agressive senders relentlessly bombard artists with emails and sometimes even contact them directly by phone. Costs to participate can range anywhere from several hundreds to thousands of dollars, especially if you factor in incidental expenses like shipping, travel, insurance or accomodations. Whatever the circumstance, make sure you are aware of all costs and potential benefits or drawbacks in advance. Does everyone benefit... or is it more like you pay, they play? Here is a partial list, in no particular order, of publications, venues, and other situations where you have to pay to expose your art, and that you should fully research-- before you pay-- in order to understand exactly what you're getting for your money:

* Agora Gallery, New York City

* Chelsea International Fine Art Competition (Agora Gallery)

* Florence Biennale

* International Contemporary Artists

* Artoteque

* Artists of Today, 100 Contemporary Artists (Artoteque)

* iBIENNIAL 2011 2012 (Artoteque)

* Gallery Gora, Montreal, Canada

* Masters of Today (Art Addiction)

* World of Art Magazine (Masters of Today)

* Creative Genius (Masters of Today)

* Art Addiction (Masters of Today)

* Art in Vogue (Masters of Today)

* Art Connoisseurs (Masters of Today)

* Artist's World, 100 Contemporary Artists (World of Art Magazine)

* Female Artist's Art Annual (Art Addiction aka Masters of Today)

* Art & Beyond Publications (online Magazine)

* Everythingisart.cc Magazine

* Contemporary Art Network (CAN), New York City

* Ico (aka Icosahedron) Gallery, Chelsea, New York City

* The Artists' Alley, San Francisco, CA (also known as Galiaria)

* American Art Collector published by Alcove Books

* NY Art Marathon

* Amsterdam Whitney Gallery, New York City

* Artists Wanted

* The Power of Self (Artists Wanted)

* 3rd Ward Open Call (site registered to the same name as Artists Wanted)

* Art Interview Online Magazine (registered to same name as Artists Wanted)

* The Brick Lane Gallery, London, UK

* Art LA (.com)

* James Gray Gallery, Santa Monica, CA (Art LA)

* Laguna Art (.com)

* Townley Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA (Laguna Art)

* World Art Media

* NY Arts Magazine (World Art Media)

* Fine Art Connoisseur

* Artist Advocate Magazine (Fine Art Connoisseur)

* PleinAir Magazine (Fine Art Connoisseur)

* American Forum for Realism (Fine Art Connoisseur)

* Plein Air Convention (Fine Art Connoisseur)

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Artists: If you would like to add to this list, please email artbusiness@artbusiness.com

Here is the link to the web site article

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