Thanks, for stopping bye!featurers

I just wanted to say, thank you all for your comments and helpful hints on what should be placed in a blog.  I have made a list and will be working on adding some of the suggested

featurers over the upcoming weeks.

Here are 3 works done over the weekend.  "So Good" (the shrimp and lemon wedges) was very challenging but I thought came out very well. Getting the feeling things are wet was not easy and I had to pay careful attention to the values and place the highlights carefully.

I'm attempting to set up

compositions that are pleasing but are not symmetrical, as is the case of the painting " Showing some independence" (Pear, Apple and Grapes) were I placed most of the weight to the right side of the canvas and counter balanced it with the one lone grape. I sometimes feel like that

grape.

The painting "Tastey, Arkansas Blacks" was another composition where I gave the viewer a progression of some sort across the canvas to arrive at the eaten apple core.

I feel each of these have a story type quality to them and hope to engage the viewer to ask questions about them instead of just being pretty to look at.  As always your comments are welcome and anyone having any questions to open an ongoing dialogue would be a great way to start this blog. I look forward to hearing from you.

Each of these are for sale and can be found at Junor Gallery in downtown Decatur GA. Please attend the opening reception coming up this Thursday evening November 20th from 6pm

till 9pm to see them and other works I have on display till January 15th. Hope you can make it. 

Missing in Action!

Hello fellow creative types!


Yes it's been some time since my last post on this blog site! Not really how blogs are suppose to be handled, sorry for that! It's good to say though that I'm back and will be posting on a bi-weekly basis on this site and offering some of the insights I have on living creatively. Like most of life, there are processes that one can follow to become successful at accomplishing ones goals and with the technology we have at our disposal these days it's much easier to share ideas, images and information.


That being said, for those of you who may have missed it, I currently manage an art program
for seniors (55 and older) at a Fulton County Senior Multipurpose Facility located in Sandy
Springs Georgia. I know, your first reaction may be one like "how exciting can that be?" but I'll assure you it has been a great laboratory for my ideas on how people develop those creative muscles we all could use flexing more often. For me personally it has been pivotal in finding new creative directions for my personal art work but has also opened my mind and made me more aware of how all of us age and those changes that are both physical and mental. Exercising  ones creativity I feel is the best way to slow down or maybe even reverse the aging process mentally. I'd be willing to stretch and say that an engaged brain doesn't show the sign of aging that one who is bored does. Within the past few years I have become aware of how much focus is being placed on our aging population around the world. People are tending to live longer and fuller lives than just 20years age and the quality of life for people living well into their 80's, 90's and 100's is beginning to take the spotlight.
I turned 60 this year myself and honestly don't really feel much differently than when I was in my 30's. Of course physically we all slow down a bit with time but if we remain both physically and mentally active my thought is that we have a far better chance of lasting longer and having a more productive and fulfilling life!


So I'll be back and hope to share much more with you about Art and Living Artfully!


Till Then!