Idaho show

Here are the images I'm submitting to the Idaho Falls show. I had a grad student help me shoot them in the studio, and he was very helpful, but the colors/light seem too harsh to me, even after dumbing it down in post. Anyhoo, these are it.

I know you've seen this before, but here it is set. I think I'm going to paint out the stripes. The idea was to put s vein or marbling or something in the stone, but it doesn't look natural.

boring stuff

i had this HUGE post with a bunch of info but blogger wouldn't accept it. not sure why. i just thought i'd share a few things i've found lately.

http://monalisa.com/ - there is a video that explains what it is, i just registered with it - http://darcibertelsen.monalisa.com/ it seems like it could be real sweet.  it's just starting to get it going, i saw somewhere that they're trying to get it all up the first part of this next year.

Plate show at art access, it’s about 100 artist, 300 plates.
.....you just have to email Sheryl Gillilan (sheryl@accessart.org) by January 15th, 2012. If you are a new artist to this event, please include a link to your website or 4-6 images of your work. We will confirm that we have received your email and will make all acceptance notifications no later than January 18, 2012. (Please note that our office will be closed December 22 thru January 2nd.)....

these are websites that list national show - i've been trying to find more places to enter into show in and out of state. you kind of have to dig, but it seem to be an ok resource (for something online)
http://www.artpoints.net/calendar.html
http://artdeadline.com/artman2/publish/opportunities/index.shtml

so that is the short version. if you have questions about any of these things email me, or comment and i'll send you an email with more info or shows i've found that are coming up in the next few weeks/months.

photography

James Gurney of Dinotopia fame has a really good post about photographing your paintings. A budget solution without an intense lighting setup. HERE

oil sketch

So I painted up this thing tonight, based on some tweaks Geoff suggested. I used cerulean blue, burnt sienna and white, for a warm/cool effect. I thought it was interesting the mixture of the two had a green tinge - wouldn't violet be more towards the mark?

Anyway, this is gessoed butcher paper, about 10 x 18 or so. I have five more for other studies. So far, I'm digging where this is going.

shadow box

another experiment inspired by the paintings Vince did a while ago.

Round 2

Swamp Thumb

Some sketches for a painting request for my mom. Some of the elements: elongated ratio, eroded roots, and an Alexis Rockman style cross-section of the water.

Any of these getting anywhere?