Preston Road

For the last 4 year (the whole time I've been in Dallas) I've lived on Preston Road, as far north in Dallas as you can go without being in Addison. But it looks like with a little luck I might be in a new studio space in the near future.

A World of "To Much"

When is enough? While at Best Buy today I took a look threw the DVD selection they had there. I noticed how many things they had on there shelves, how much of it was duplicated. There were 3 different DVD's for the movie TROY. They had a DVD of just the movie, a DVD with extra 30min. and a DVD for collectors. The prices ranged $9.99 - $29.99 (roughly). Do we really need that many copies of 1 movie? It wasn't just this movie, most movies now have multiple versions out on DVD. And it wasn't just this section of the store. While looking threw the video game selection I came across a number of version to the GUITAR HERO. They had about 5 different options of the game, the game itself, the game with a guitar, the game with 2 guitars, the game with a wireless guitar, etc.... We live in a world with to many options now. It's not hard to figure out why no one can make a choice anymore.

Finding Away

I am still looking for away to combine my love of art along with the freedom that I feel while running, cycling and swimming. Something that sounds so simple has given me a hard time. Pretty sure that I am over thinking it (as usual). At a local running store here in Dallas, Luke's Locker. There is a really talented artist on staff that has been doing Luke's window displays and a few pieces of art around the store. The works are very loose and free in form, using simple words and bright colors. Not sure what I will decide to do, but I'm working on it.

Life Never Slows Down

Still trucking away at getting ready for the Cottonwood Arts Festival. The Hardest part for me is setting aside the time to crack out the artwork. I have a bunch of ideas in my head but not enough hours in the day to get them all done. On top of the festival I have a lot of other small things going on (that have been fun) like THE DARK KNIGHT in IMAX, a friend's going away party, buying a washer and dryer set and a friend giving me his outdoor grill. There is one other big surprise that I have up in the air. Hopefully I will have taken care of that one by next Monday. Then I will have some more free time to paint and get ready for the festival!

Welcome the Weekend

Looking forward to getting off this afternoon and getting going again with my artwork. I have about 9 to 10 paintings started (very rough starts). Still have a number of other simple images I want to capture on canvas, sun flowers, humming birds, magnolia flowers, more things with wings, etc..... My simple goal for this weekend is to get another 5 ideas on to canvas. Then in the following weekends start getting some of these done & completed

Making a Mess 101

Using the 4th of July weekend to my advantage, I got started getting paintings ready for the Cottonwood Arts Festival in October. My thinking for this festival is to do roughly 10 to 20 smaller (16inches X 22inches - roughly) original paintings to be priced lower. I prefer to do larger pieces of art but think these smaller paintings will be easier to manage & transport to the festival this go around. Plus, if they don't sell there easier to store or give away as gifts for the holidays.

Cottonwood Arts Festival

Just received an exciting email yesterday morning about the Cottonwood Arts Festival that I applied to about 3 weeks ago.
I GOT IN!!!!!

You can check out the link here
Cottonwood Arts Festival

It's a 2 day festival that takes place in Richardson, TX (just north of Dallas). It's very exciting to find out that I was able to get into the festival and a little worrying that I only have 3 months to get a collection of work together.

Also, I've been trying out a new idea for my artwork, drawing onto race numbers. I'm looking for a way to combined my exercise & artwork together.