The Santa Fe Monthly featured one of my paintings on the cover of their May issue. This issue is dedicated to women.

The Heart of Dixie show went great out in Santa Fe. We had a wonderful turnout and was able to get some wonderful press. I was lucky enough to be featured on the cover of the Passatiempo, which is the local Arts and Culture magazine. The article was written by Laurel Gladden. Please click on the link to view a pdf of the article.

South by Southwest, by Laurel Gladden

It is now crunch time. The Heart of Dixie show hangs in Santa Fe next Tuesday. Below is a a guitar a just finished and shipped out to Lakind Fine Art. In my flurry of painting I only took one picture of the painting in its process, but in these two pictures, you can plainly see the affect the tar has on the color of the paint.

So, I worked on the purple lady for a few hours last night and did not make as much progress as I would have liked to. I added the rest of her left arm and hand, along with the tulips and stems. I spent some time rendering her blouse with a tar application, got it somewhat finished and then decided to start over on it. I ran a new tar wash across the entire blouse, so now I will have to go back in and add the details. I still need to spend some time rendering her face.