COCA 2009 Creative Tallahassee Juried Art Show

"Florida Burn" appeared in the...
Creative Tallahassee 2009
Council on Culture & Arts (COCA)
Friday, March ­­­27th through May 8th

Celebrate the ingenuity, skill and talent of some of the most creative artists in the Big Bend area. The Council on Culture & Arts’ Creative Tallahassee 2009 highlights the work of many of the city’s well-known artists, as well as exciting newcomers in its highly-anticipated annual juried exhibition. This year’s competition was fierce—over 175 pieces were submitted for consideration.

Lighthouse Painting Finished

Bodie Lighthouse

For the past week or so, I have been working on this painting of Bodie Lighthouse in North Carolina. Everything is looking good, except having a little trouble with the landscape.

Studio

This is the current studio I have. We have taken one of the small bedrooms at the front of the house which gets great sunlight all day long and converted it into my studio. The very light gray walls give a great hue to the room. I just have to get some artwork for the walls, but really rather put up artwork of other artists, not my own. My old studio area is covered with paintings that I have done in the past, so they can stay there.

Final Version of Jupiter Lighthouse

The final version of the Jupiter Lighthouse.

Orchid Series

Orchid 2 on the top. Orchid 1 on the bottom.
Start of a new series of photographs of orchids. I have numerous orchids and have been photographing them for years. For this series, as each orchid blooms, it will be photographed with a black background.

For some time I have been working on this painting. It just sort of came in layers. The sky, the beach and woods in the background, then the cyprus (sp) trees, throw in some cat tails and then hmmmm what next. How about a dead log.