Below are 20 journal entries, after skipping by the 20 most recent ones recorded in MyArtBlog's LiveJournal:

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Thursday, September 20th, 2007
1:16 am	Painting a Day - # 179 NAKED THURSDAY!!!  A situation like this, while certainly intriguing, can only lead to trouble. "Tomorrow's Regret" - 7x5 inches SOLD Current Mood: Smoky Current Music: Craig Ferguson (Comment on this)
Wednesday, September 19th, 2007
12:57 am	Painting a Day - # 178 I swear to God this is Mozart's actual kazoo. At least that's what the Austrian guy on the corner said. "Mozart's Kazoo" - 7x5 inches SOLD Current Mood: Anebriated Current Music: The Daily Show (Comment on this)
Tuesday, September 18th, 2007
12:33 am	Painting a Day - # 177 I was feeling kind of lazy trying to decide what to paint today, so I literally took off my own shoe, plopped it down in front of me and here you go. "Lonely Chuck" - 7x5 inches SOLD Current Mood: Lazy Current Music: Letterman (Comment on this)
Monday, September 17th, 2007
12:52 am	Painting a Day - # 176 Okay, I'm back already! Give me a break. It was a busy Summer. "Appletini" 5x7 inches   SOLD Current Mood: Thirsty Current Music: Real Time with Bill Mahr (Comment on this)
Wednesday, September 12th, 2007
12:58 am	Cleaning House  I'm back from vacation and gearing up for the next round of dailies. In the meantime, I've gathered all the unsold paintings laying around the studio and posted them in my ebay store at low low, "Oh hell, just take it." prices. Here's a peek; "Peppers" "Give Thanks" "All I Want for Christmas" "Stoli With Olives" Update-SOLD "Celebration For One" "Good Salesmanship" Update-SOLD "Moongazing" "Art Exposed" Update-SOLD "Breakfast of Fire and Ice" Update-SOLD "Stacy" Update-SOLD My Ebay Store!!! Current Mood: Jumpy Current Music: Craig Fergusen (Comment on this)
Wednesday, August 15th, 2007
11:18 pm	Naked Thursday!!! Finally! A looooong overdue Naked Thursday! Here's my first study from a recent shoot with a new model. She is absolutely exquisite and there will be much more of her to come. So stay tuned! "Ray of Sunshine - Study" - 9x12 inches SOLD Current Mood: Aroused Current Music: The Daily Show (Comment on this)
Thursday, August 9th, 2007
5:05 pm	Painting a Day - Day 174 - The Big Experiment - Final I finally got a full day away from the aquarium and other responsibilities and spent the whole day putting on the finishing touches. I also changed the name when I realized that the dancers weren't really dressed for a Samba. All in all, I don't think that working on black suits me at all. I won't throw out the idea entirely, but for now I'm anxious to go back to my usual technique. "South Beach Salsa" 30x24 inches  Click Here to Place Your Bid Securely on Ebay Current Mood: relieved Current Music: Action News (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Thursday, August 2nd, 2007
10:57 pm	Painting a Day - Day 173 - The Big Experiment - Day Six And a bit more... "South Beach Salsa" Part Six 30x24 inches Current Mood: Hmmmm... Current Music: Naked Science (Comment on this)
Wednesday, July 25th, 2007
6:10 pm	Painting a Day - Day 172 - The Big Experiment - Day Five Started to lay in a bit more of the background... "South Beach Salsa" Part Five 30x24 inches Current Mood: submissive Current Music: Buble's newest (Comment on this)
Saturday, July 21st, 2007
9:49 pm	Painting a Day - Day 171 - The Big Experiment - Day Four Oh look! I seem to have found my paints! "South Beach Salsa" Part Four - 30x24 inches Current Mood: Painty Current Music: The Godfather (Comment on this)
Monday, June 25th, 2007
12:01 am	Fresh out of excuses Okay, so I can't keep up with the lame excuses. It's true that I've had a lot of significant distractions over the last few months, but I never let that stop me before. I think I'm in some sort of inspirational rut. We're taking off to the Bahamas for the week to rest and recharge. Hopefully I'll be back with more than a tan. Current Mood: Tired Current Music: Saul of the Molemen (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Monday, June 18th, 2007
10:37 pm	Six and a Half Excuses Here's my excuse for not painting at all last week. Almost all of my Kung Fu brothers descended upon the ATL. These are my closest friends in the world, so naturally I dropped everything for them. We were out every night until nearly sunup pickling our brains with bourbon and tequila. On Friday Brandon, who has become quite the amateur chef prepared one of the finest meals I've ever enjoyed. Here's a shot; Clockwise from left to right - Me, Brian Corsi, Curt Thrasher, Brandon Murphy, Kelly Vaden, Christopher Thorne,DJ Sienna, Cadell Vaden, and Maria Balais Current Mood: Enervated Current Music: Diana Krall (Comment on this)
Monday, June 11th, 2007
6:55 pm	Painting a Day - Day 170 - The Big Experiment - Day Three I feel I must apologize for the irregularity of these posts lately. The problem is that I committed to managing a caricature booth at The Georgia Aquarium for the Summer to help pay some bills and it's taking all my time away. I get home after sitting out in the heat, drawing tourists all afternoon with my pockets richer, but my spirit drained. I sit in the studio and just stare at the canvas. Unable to focus and slip in to that "zen" state of mind that allows the paint to flow. Anyway, I managed to do a little more today. "South Beach Salsa" Part Three - 30x24 inches Current Mood: Zoned Out Current Music: ABC Nightly News (Comment on this)
Wednesday, June 6th, 2007
12:14 am	Painting a Day - Day 169 - The Big Experiment - Day Two Hey look! She's got a friend! Sorry, I had ftp troubles and didn't get this posted as early as I'd hoped. "South Beach Salsa" Part Two - 30x24 inches Current Mood: frustrated with technology Current Music: Jane Monheit - I Wish You Love (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Monday, June 4th, 2007
11:32 pm	Painting a Day - Day 169 - The Big Experiment - Day One I've had a horrible time concentrating on painting lately and it's driving me crazy. In the hope that a challenge might help me to regain focus, I bought a jar of black gesso. You may not see the significance of this, but when you get used to doing things a certain way it can be a real shift in gears to alter your method. I've always begun with a mid-ground tone in my paintings which makes it really easy to move in and out of lighter and darker values. Beginning with black (a color I never even use as a rule) is really not going to be easy. Working with acrylics makes it even harder due to questionable opacity. I predict a lot of layering. Still, I'm anxious to see how it looks. I'll be posting this as a work in progress so that I'll feel pressured to not chicken out half way through. "South Beach Salsa" Part One - 30x24 inches  Current Mood: Hmmmmm... Current Music: The Colbert Report (Comment on this)
Wednesday, May 30th, 2007
11:33 pm	Painting a Day - Day 168 - "Caribbean Sunset" I'm hoping to take another Windjammer Cruise this fall and it's been on my mind. Here's a sunset from my last trip. "Caribbean Sunset" - 7x5 inches SOLD Current Mood: Pinin' for the Tropics Current Music: Colbert Rerun (Comment on this)
Tuesday, May 29th, 2007
11:40 pm	Painting a Day - Day 167 - "Night Cherries" A friend who owns an art supply company asked me to try these new acrylics. They're called High Definition Visual Texture paints. The label is a confusing mix of French and English, and I'm not sure about the palette choices. The interesting bit about them though is that they're fluid and thick at the same time. So they allow you to paint with much more texture than acrylics are normally able without additives. Today was my first try and I'm just not sure yet. It's quite an adjustment from Liquitex. They don't seem to hold up well on my stay-wet palette. I'll keep you posted as this experiment progresses. "Night Cherries" - 7x5 inches Current Mood: experimentative Current Music: Playing by Heart on DVD (Comment on this)
Friday, May 25th, 2007
1:16 am	Painting a Day - Day 166 - "Dressing the Doomed" I apologize for my continued absence but family and personal matters continue to intrude. I hate being out of the studio so long! To fill the gap I'm going to post a few older unsold pieces. Here's one of my favorites and a quote to go along with it; "The music at a wedding procession always reminds me of the music of soldiers going into battle" - Heinrich Heine "Dressing the Doomed" - 24x36 inches  SOLD Current Mood: withdrawn Current Music: Diana Krall - Hit That Jive Jack (Comment on this)
Wednesday, May 23rd, 2007
2:52 am	Festivale!!! I've been too exhausted to post anything. This past weekend was our neighborhood festival and I ran the artist market for the 6th year. You have no idea how tiring it is. Juggling the needs of 45 flaky artists is no easy job and the weekend comes with no great amount of sleep. It's totally worth it though. My number one mandate to the festival committee from day one was that we would treat the artists like gold and bend over backwards to make sure all their needs were met. And it works! They love us. Which is probably the only reason that they keep coming back to a young, still finding it's footing, their sales will be mediocre at best festival. I just hope that as we grow and learn how to attract the right crowds that their faith will be rewarded. The weekend was great though. The weather was outstanding, sales were actually pretty good for the artists that worked for them and 99% left happy. Unfortunately, just when I thought I'd have a couple of days to refresh myself, we got a call saying that my Mother -in-law is in the hospital with pneumonia and I've been ferrying my wife back and forth to Chattanooga to handle things. So rest has not been an option. Anyway here's some pics; We're what I like to call a "boutique" festival. Only forty-five artists sharing a single pretty street This is me approaching the lovely and talented Tami Fulford to let her know that she won Third Place in Show. You can't see it here, but she has this amazing black and white pottery that the judges just loved.  Third place comes with a pretty ribbon and a $250 check Last year's best of show, metal sculptor Derrick Spivey, had to settle for second place this year and $500. You can see he's thinking "Second?!?" One of my favorite local painters, Robert Griffis won First Place and $750 But here's our Best of Show Katy Dement! Katy gets the lovely purple ribbon and $1000 "The Festival Comittee" phot op. Actually, most of the committee isn't there. I love how we're all smiling and laughing while Katy's just checking to see if the check is signed. A little artsy girl on girl action And fun was had by all. Well, nearly all.     I hope to be back to normal in a day or two. Stay tuned!!! Current Mood: zzzzzz... Current Music: The Sopranos (Comment on this)
Thursday, May 17th, 2007
8:48 am	Painting a Day - Day 165 - "The Chair" Final Fill in the background, touch up some detail, and add a coat of varnish. Et Voila! "The Chair" - 22x30 inches Current Mood: Too early to tell Current Music: Headline News (Comment on this)