Artist Workshop Abroad 2015: Plein Air and Still Life in the south of France!!

I am excited to announce a wonderful workshop opportunity in France this summer.

Charles Cashwell and I will be splitting time everyday with a group of artists from June 8th until 12th in a beautiful castle in LaMure in the South of France. He will teach still life and I will be teaching plein air.

Registration is open now and the deadline for deposits is February 28th. For more information you can visit our website or call 770.312.5532. The total cost of the workshop is $1975.

Space is limited to register soon!

Grits

Grits, 12x16in, oil on linen mounted on gatorfoam, $775, framed

Verlander Pieces...

Everyone needs a celebrity collector, and I just got my first one. Justin Verlander, pitcher for the Detroit Tigers, commissioned these pieces last month. I had done smaller pieces that he saw, but they had already sold. Hope this is the first of many!

Ball and Mitt, each are 12x12", oil on linen panel, SOLD

Cotton Boll SOLD

Cotton Boll, 6x10, oil on panel, $175, still life, sold

Picked the "flower" for Julie the morning before we left Clarksdale, MS. Cotton is an amazing plant.

Evolution

Evolution, 8x8in, $175, unframed, study (available upon completion of larger piece), still life

This is an editorial piece I did for an article about moonshine drinking over the holidays. I focused on the evolution of the containers used in the running of illegal liquor.

Double Stack

Double Stack, oil on panel, 8x8in, unframed, still life

Mini Green Pumpkin

My First Podium Finish...

Orange Slices, 24"x24", oil on Museum Wrap

However, if this was an automobile race, one would not get a podium finish for 4th place, or as I like to call it, the 3rd looser. Seriously, I was thrilled to have placed in anything and I was honored just to get juried into another show. This one is called The American Still Life: Yesterday and Today, juried by Kevin Grogan from the Morris Museum. The show is up until July 4th at The Bascom in Highlands, NC.