Man Visiting Art Gallery

Man Visiting Art Gallery
12 x 16  Oils on canvas panel

Another photo from using the Blogger navigation bars "NEXT BLOG".

Couple Studying art in Museum

Couple Studying art in Museum
12 x 16   Oils on canvas panel

This couple can't get much closer to the painting they're scrutinizing, can they? I think that they don't know what the artist was/is trying to "say" in this painting. If I were the artist I wouldn't have any idea why they're curious why or what I was thinking when I made the painting. I'm usually clueless anyhow. I just paint and paint and paint. Lots of color is mandatory.

Man and Couple looking at modern art

Man and Couple looking at modern art
12 x 16   Oils on canvas panel

 Another composite from several reference photos.I am greatly amused by the man at the left seemingly working hard to understand what he's looking at.  The fellow on the right seems amused by the other fellows dilemma while he himself has no clue either.

New York Inspiration - Looking at the art

New York Inspiration - Looking at the art
11 x 14   Oils on Masonite Panel

I saw a photo on an artists blog and it seemed a natural to make a painting. 

Women in museum looking at sculpture

Women in museum looking at sculpture
12 x 16   Oils on Masonite panel

The title "Women in museum looking at sculpture" might be more accurate as "Women in museum ogling sculpture". :-) At least the lady with the brownish sweater has SOME class and is studying my painting of "A Dollar An Hour".

Five People Looking At Art

Five People Looking At Art
12 x 16   Oils on Masonite panel

This painting is a composite of four or five reference photos. The lady on the left is laughing aloud at her companion (a MAN!) The three ladies on the right are contemplating the meaning of the center painting. 


All of them are totally ignoring my painting "Flameno Dancer With Red Fan". Obviously, they don't recognize good stuff when it's close by.

Solo Art Show and Sale April 2011

Forty four (44) of my paintings are on display in the Zephyr Blevins Gallery inside the Rogers (AR) Little Theater. You can read about the Rogers Little Theater at their website here. It's a really cool place to visit for a live performance of just to look at the way theaters used to be built.  


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Melissa and I spent about two hours and got the job done without much trouble.  The paintings are hung on chains that hang from near the ceilings. The hooks that fit into the chains to hold the paintings are JUST small enough to fit through the chains links.

I'm posting a few photos now and will post some more later when we take better photos. For some reason both our cameras had focusing problems.  They're both "point & shoot" so why didn't they focus?  One of t hose sweet mysteries of life, I suppose.

In the theater lobby

Inside the gallery

Ken B hanging paintings

Beautiful Melissa amused by my "portrait of a chicken"

Melissa making photos of the exhibit

Almost finished setting up (the frame of the mirror is tin!)

My display at the Rogers (Arkansas) Public Library

The Main Entrance of the Rogers (Arkansas) Public Library. The display case is just inside the double doors in the center of the photo

Ken B. - the muscle of the family while installing my paintings.

Melissa - the brains of the family.  I think that I had just whacked  my thumb with the hammer and she is struggling to not laugh out loud.  She's a really thoughtful person!

Left side of the display window

Center of the display window

The right side of the display window. Lots of empty space to the left out of the photo.

The library has a locked and lighted display case in the foyer of it's main entrance that people can install a display for no charge.

This is how the display looks after our first day of "setting up" at the Rogers Public Library.  We didn't realize how many paintings could be displayed and although I took many, there is room for more!  Tomorrow I'll take in a folding screen to hold several more paintings and get them off of the floor.  I'll take a count tomorrow to see how many paintings are on display.

Melissa did most of the arranging while I hammered little nails (brads?) into the blue - gray panels.  I have an air powered nailer in my studio and rarely use a hammer except to bang on things. (Bigger the hammer - better the fit).  Anyhow, my left thumb is might tender right now from being whacked by a deficient hammer operator (me).

DC-3 taking off at dusk

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DC-3 taking off at dusk  14 x 24  Oils on panel

I had a piece of gessoed panel lying around that is 14 x 24 inches. Not many subjects work on a long rectangular format. When I saw a photo of a WWII C-47 I decided to make it a civilian DC-3.  

I've been working on too  many people paintings so I've decided to make some paintings without people being the most obvious part of the painting.  

I'm putting together a sole exhibit at the local library and when I laid out the paintings, almost all were paintings of people!  More on the exhibit later. I do the setup tomorrow (Monday January 17th 2011)

Rogers Art Guild 2010 Fall Exhibition

Tuesday October 19th  through Friday October 29th

Rogers Public Library

711 S. Dixieland Rd, Rogers, AR

Telephone (479) 621-1152

The Art Exhibition hours are 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM Monday through Friday, October 19th through October 29th. A portion of all proceeds from the art sale and all cash donations go to the Rogers Art Guild High School Scholarship fund.

Two donated member paintings will be raffled at this Exhibition to raise funds for two scholarships; one for a Rogers High School graduating senior and one for a Heritage High School graduating senior. The Rogers Art Guild is a 501(c) (3) nonprofit organization and all donations are eligible for Federal Income Tax deductions.

The public is invited to the Guild Art Exhibition Open House Reception “Meet the Artists” Sunday October 24th from 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM.

There are NO admission fees.


My entries are pictured here.

Fall 2009 Rogers Art Guild Exhibit

Me with my 5 entries in the Fall 2009 Rogers Art Guild Exhibit. We had 63 entries for the exhibit that ran from October 29th until November 11th. The dancers paintings are 24x30 to give you an idea of size.

One painting was sold from the exhibit - not mine!

This image was scanned from a hard copy photo and my scanner seems to be getting as old as me - lots of lines and s-l-o-w. :-) BUT it (and I) stll works! Sort of.