Upcoming events & latest news
2008 News
Best of Show at Photography competition
I'm absolutely ecstatic to say that a photograph that I took while on my trip out west of this year, won first place in the Adult Division of the Mid-Missouri Fine Art Society/Missouri Photojournalism Hall of Fame co-sponsored photography contest. But wait, that's not all....it also took the Best of Show award! Wow! The photo was of a little red fox kit peeking out of a den site, with dirt on his nose and one paw....obviously helping to make the den a bit bigger. My daughter named the photo "Peek A Boo"
Le Cadeau Du Cheval-"The Horse Gift" Mural...
I'm pleased to announce that I have been selected as one of the participating artists for this mural. The mural is representing equine artists all over the world, coming together, to celebrate the horse....you can watch the progression and find out about touring schedules at this link: Mural Mosaic
June 26 thru June 29 Julie T Chapman Summer Workshop...
I will be attending the Julie T Chapman Summer Workshop in Kalispell, MT. The workshop focuses on photographing, sketching, and "seeing" wildlife. Hopefully, I will come out of this workshop with stronger drawing, painting, and composition skills as well as "energized" to start working with some of the invaluable reference material I hope to collect while there. To check out the workshop "menu" and details please visit Julie's workshop link.Julie T Chapman
June 30 thru Jul 6 Trip to Glacier National Park...
I will be trekking the trails of Glacier National Park, taking in the sites, sounds, and smells of the "great outdoors". I hope to gather some excellent reference material for future paintings as well as do a little plein air (on location) painting while there. I will be attending Julie Chapman's drill camp...er...I mean workshop...(just kidding Julie...although I hear it is a lot of hard work and guaranteed to wear me out!)the week before, so I will be looking forward to wandering the trails of Glacier, taking it easy next to some of the water features in the park, soaking up God's work, watching the wildlife, and just plain "chillin". Don't get me wrong, I'll be somewhat "roughing" it while out there, I'll be staying in a guard station cabin with no water and an outhouse outside. I have to say, I'm really looking forward to this and would've been fine with roughin it a bit more and staying outside, camping, but did I mention they have bears!??!!? Yep, that's one thing, I'd rather not wake up to....I know...I'm a pansy..... Check back here in July...I plan to post a "trip journal". In the meantime, you can check out Glacier at the following link:Glacier National Park To check out some tidbits from the trip go to: Trip Journal
2008 Events
Nov 8 & 9, 2008 Union Arts & Craft Fair....
I will not have a full array of my framed artwork but will have a full bin of prints as well as my new item, photo cards. These are nice, big cards with some of my original photography on them. The photo cards are blank inside and are packaged individually. Again, this year, I will have the smaller notecards that contain assorted prints of my paintings and are blank inside. The hours are 8AM to 5PM on Saturday and 10AM to 3PM on Sunday.
Oct 4 & 5, 2008 Horse, Mule, and Oxen Farming....
This will be my third year at the 12th annual Historic and Farming Show located out of Gerald, MO off of Hwy Y. I will be dressed in some sort of historic costume and painting on site as well as displaying/selling my artwork and prints. This event was a lot of fun last year and was definitely "right up my alley" so to speak. I got some great reference material from this event.... There will be different draft, mule, and oxen demonstrations. There will be plowing, sorghum grinding, log rolling, etc. There will also be various artisans presenting heritage skills/crafts such as soap-making, basket weaving, spinning and dying wool, fiddle making, etc. The hours are 10AM to 5PM on Saturday and 10AM to 3PM on Sunday. If you have questions or need directions please contact Gail Cross at 573-764-2629.
2007 News
July 21 thru September 22,2007 St. George Gallery, St. George, UT
As part of the Paint America Top 100 tour, the painting "Ya hear what I'm sayin'?" will be on display at the St. George Gallery in St. George, UT. To find out more information about the gallery please visit their website at: St. George
May 15 thru July 1,2007 Southwinds Gallery in Topeka, KS
As part of the Paint America Top 100 tour, the painting "Ya hear what I'm sayin'?" will be on display at the Southwinds Gallery in Topeka, KS. To find out more information about the gallery please visit their website at: Southwinds Gallery Link
2007 Events
Nov 10 & 11, 2007 Union Arts & Craft Fair....
I will not have a full array of my framed artwork but will have a full bin of prints as well as my new item, notecards. The notecards contain assorted prints of my paintings and are blank inside. The hours are 8AM to 5PM on Saturday and 10AM to 3PM on Sunday.
Oct 6 & 7, 2007 Historic & Farming Show....
This will be my second year at the 11th annual Historic and Farming Show located out of Gerald, MO off of Hwy Y. I will be dressed in historic costume and painting on site as well as displaying/selling my artwork and prints. This event was a lot of fun last year and was definitely "right up my alley" so to speak. I got some great reference material from this event.... The painting, "Blondie" is actually a Belgian that I "met" there last year. There will be different draft, mule, and possibly oxen demonstrations. There will be plowing, sorghum grinding, etc. There will also be various artisans presenting heritage skills/crafts such as soap-making, basket weaving, fiddle making, etc. The hours are 10AM to 5PM on Saturday and 10AM to 3PM on Sunday. If you have questions or need directions please contact Gail Cross at 573-764-2927.
June 2, 3 2007 Columbia Arts League, Art in the Park art fair
This is the first time exhibiting at this art fair, located at the beautiful Stephens Lake. For more information, please visit their website at: Columbia Arts League
May 18, 19, 20 2007 26th Annual Art Fair and Wine Fest
I will be exhibiting at the 26th annual Art Fair and Wine Fest put on by MMFAS and Downtown Washington. This will be along Main St. in Washington, MO. The times are 5PM to 8PM Friday, 10AM to 8PM Saturday, 11AM to 4PM on Sunday. New this year, there will be an art auction on Friday night. Please see the MMFAS website for more information.Mid MO Fine Arts Society Link
2006 News
I have a feature article on the front page of the Missourian-St. Clair edition! Thank you to Joan Elliot for the great article.
My painting, "Ya hear what I'm sayin'?" made it into the Paint America Top 100 competition. It is one of two paintings chosen to represent the state of Missouri! I got the good news October 20 and I'm still "high as a kite" over the news!
2006 Events
Dec 16, 2006 Owensville Dutchmen Band Boosters Annual Arts & Crafts Show....
This event will be at the Owensville High School in Owensville, MO. The hours are 9am to 5pm on Saturday. It is only a one day show this year.
Nov 11 & 12, 2006 Union Arts & Crafts Show....
This even will be at the Union Middle School in Union, MO. The hours are 8am to 5pm on Saturday and 10am to 4pm on Sunday.
Nov 4, 2006 Eureka Arts & Crafts Show....
The hours are 9am to 4pm.
Oct 21 & 22, 2006 Marthasville Heritage Days....
This will be my first year at the Marthasville Heritage Festival in Marthasville, MO. There will be lots of Arts and Crafts as well as some live demos. I will have my artwork there as well as possibly painting at least one of the days.
Oct 7 & 8, 2006 Historic & Farming Show....
This will be my first year at the 10th annual Historic and Farming Show located out of Gerald, MO off of Hwy Y. I will be dressed in historic costume and painting on site as well as displaying/selling my artwork and prints. This event sounds really nice and "right up my alley" so to speak. There will be different draft, mule, and possibly oxen demonstrations. There will be plowing, sorghum grinding, etc. There will also be various artisans presenting heritage skills/crafts such as soap-making, basket weaving, fiddle making, etc. The hours are 10AM to 5PM on Saturday and 10AM to 3PM on Sunday. If you have questions or need info. please contact Gail Cross at 573-764-2927.
2006 MMFAS 25th Annual Art Fair....
I have to say that I feel my first MMFAS art fair was a success! I had no idea what to expect and I was absolutely thrilled by the turn out and support. Thank you to all who stopped by my booth and shared compliments on my work and took my information with you. A huge thank you to those who took home some of my artwork....what an honor. I hope you enjoy it for years to come!
To the couple who bought "Prayin'" and gave it a new home in Florida, thank you...you made my evening! I hope it survived the flight OK and that it was a perfect fit at it's new home. For those of you who weren't able to make it to this year's art fair, just give me a call or drop me an email, I'd be more than happy to send you some photo's or arrange to show you some artwork. To view some of my booth photos from the art fair, please click on any of the following links:
2006 Art Fair Photo 1
2006 Art Fair Photo 2
2006 Art Fair Photo 3
May 19, 2006 through May 21, 2006
I will be exhibiting at the Washington Art and Wine Fest. This is an outdoor event co-sponsered by Downtown Washington and the Mid-Missouri Fine Arts Society. It is held along the riverfront and on the first couple of streets up from the riverfront in downtown, Washington, Missouri. This year is the 25th anniversary of the show and hopefully, it's biggest ever. It is an amazing show with some extraordinary artists, both local and from out of state. You'll find booths with artwork in just about any medium you can think of such as; oils, watercolors, pastels, pottery, glass, paper, mixed media etc.
I hope to see a lot of my "fans" there and hopefully find a new home for some of my artwork! Come by and see me, I plan to have several new pieces for this show, including a large, wildlife painting.
2005 Events
December 3, 4 2005
I will be at the Owensville Dutchmen Band Boosters Arts and Crafts Fair. I will have several of my prints as well as a couple of originals on display and for sale. I will also, most likely be doing a painting demo on Sunday.
November 19, 20 2005
I will be at the Parkway South Arts and Crafts Fair. I will have several of my prints as well as a couple of originals on display and for sale. I highly recommend this show if you've never been. It is huge and features a very diverse display of fine arts and crafts. Lots of quality work at this one. Email me if you would like the show times and directions to the show
November 5, 2005 through November 26, 2005
My paintings "Turkey Chic", "Ready to Ride", and "Patriotic Remedies" will be on display and for sale at East Central Community College (ECC).
October 29,30 and November 1,2 2005
I will be attending my fourth portrait workshop in Gravois Mills, Missouri with the very talented/gifted artist, Karen Patton.
July 27, 2005 through July 30, 2005
I will be exhibiting at the Gasconade County fair again this year. I hope to enter a couple of paintings as well as some of my photos. Hope you can make it by to take a peek.
June 5, 2005 through July 1, 2005
My very first gallery show!! It will be a two person show with one of my best friends, Gina Brune. It is a first for the both of us so, we're very excited. We will be showing in the MMFAS Art Gallery. It is located at the lower level of the Amtrak Station along the riverfront in beautiful, Washington, MO. The opening reception will be on June 5, 2005 from 2PM to 4PM.
I hope to see a lot of my "fans" there and hopefully find a new home for some of my artwork!
May 20,21,22, 2005
The Mid-Missouri Fine Art Society (MMFAS) and Downtown Washington will be hosting the 24th annual Art and Wine Fest in Washington, Missouri. This should definately be a learning experience for me! I doubt I will actually be participating in this as my gallery show is the following month and I'm not sure if I'll have enough pieces for both shows. For more information on this, please write to: Art Fair Committee, P.O. Box 2043, Washington, MO 63090 or email me.
March 3,4,5,6, 2005
I will be attending my third portrait workshop in Gravois Mills, Missouri with the very talented/gifted artist, Karen Patton. I highly recommend her workshops. She was one of the major keys in my new endeavor of painting portraits. Anyone who knows me, knows that I didn't like to paint/draw people....just couldn't do it, nor did I want to. I have always loved drawing but it had to be animals. My high school art teacher even joked that I would always find a way to incorporate an animal into my "8 hour" projects. This is where she'd give us a topic and then we had to draw a picture depicting the topic. We were to work on this topic all quarter or semester (I can't remember which) long, completely on our own time. It was a lot of hard work but a lot of fun! I will never forget those drawings or that teacher.
Anyway, back to the subject....if you're interested in attending one of Karen's workshops, please visit her website at www.portraits4you.com
2004 Events
October 30, 2004 through November 27, 2004
My painting, "Gillian's Bubbles" will be on display at East Central Community College (ECC).
September 2004
I was juried into the Mid-Missouri Fine Arts Society (MMFAS)....Woohoo!!
August 2004
The painting that I donated to the Arro Sharp-Shooters, (a local group who works together to raise money for the American Cancer Society) for their raffle was just shy of raising $1000. Not bad considering that they were a dollar a ticket! The painting was raffled at the Relay for Life event in Sullivan, MO. The group participates every year to raise the most money in honor of Josh Kaufman. To learn more about this event and about Josh, please visit the Josh Kaufman Foundation's website at www.joshkaufmanfoundation.org
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