"Jackson"

If you explore my earlier posts, you will find the preliminary drawing of Jackson. Here is his finished painting.

My son, Jackson.

This is the preliminary drawing of my son, Jackson, who is 18 years old, and has joined the Marines. He leaves in December, and it is my goal to capture him in this moment in time. He may look like a man, but he still has a trace of a boy in his face.

I am finally doing what I should have done a long time ago - offering prints of my work. I ordered some prints of about 17 images, in 8 x10 and 11 x 14 sizes, and brought them to the Harbour View Gallery in Cape Coral, FL, where they will remain until the end of July. I will keep you posted about how to get them after that.

I wanted to mention that I participated in a portrait painting workshop with Douglas Flynt this past spring that was phenominal. It was 2 weeks of concentrated study on drawing and oil painting, working on a single subject, a young woman who modeled for the entire 2 weeks. I am so inspired by all I learned, and it has had a profound effect on my work. I also met some other fine artists, and was intruduced to the president of the Portrait and Figure Painters Society of SW Florida, Renate Reuter, and am now a member. I feel like I am now a part of a group of artists (like a “salon” )

Also, I T By The Sea (a computer repair and consultation company) is featuring my business - Follow Your Art, LLC as their business of the month, and conducted an interview with me  last week that I am hoping to get a link to shortly on You Tube.

That is all for now – I need to upload some new work, and there is plenty of it.