CREATIVE CENTER'S 6TH ANNUAL HOLIDAY BAZAAR

Join us Saturday, December 7, 10-4 for the Community Creative Center's 6th annual Holiday Bazaar.  I'll have original art, prints, and books available for purchase as well as original narrative illustration work.  Community Creative Center is located in Walton Art Center's Nadine Baum Studios at 505 W Spring Street in beautiful Fayetteville, AR.  Hope to see you then.  

This 14x10.5 acrylic, paper on masonite is entitled Continuance and and is a result of exploring insect forms, primarily butterflies and moths in the local university's entomology department which yielded some interesting results. The patterns, color, and symmetry found in many insects fascinate me.

CLINTON HOUSE MUSEUM AQUISITION

Recently my original painting Illuminaries used as DVD cover art for the 2012 documentary film Up Among the Hills was acquired by the historic Clinton House Museum and will soon be on display as part of their permanent collection.  It's an honor to have work showcased in such an historic museum and first home of Bill and Hillary Rodham Clinton, our 42nd president and first lady.  Special thanks to museum director Kate Johnson.  I'll have photos of the permanent exhibit soon.  

Up Among the Hills was narrated by Bill Clinton and directed by Larry Foley.  Prints of downtown Fayetteville used in the film's time-lapse production are also available for purchase in the museum gift shop. For museum hours, admission and location please visit them on the web at clintonhousemuseum.org.

To access past Up Among the Hills related posts check out my BLOG ARCHIVE.  The documentary is available for purchase at AMAZON.  

TRAVEL SKETCHBOOK: GERMANY / AUSTRIA / ENGLAND 

If you happened to notice in my last post featuring a drawing from the silent film London After Midnight, the background isn't London.  I'm really not geographically impaired.  I drew Lon Chaney and then found an old sketch from a trip to Munich, Germany and digitally stitched it into the background.  I've been to London but I didn't have time to render Big Ben or Westminster Abbey at the time so that was my solution.  I fill a lot of sketchbooks with pages like this image on the right.  The travel sketch I used is of an equestrian statue of King Ludwig I in Munich, Germany.  The figure at the top of the sketchbook is an old friend of mine on a train in Austria. 

Be sure to check out some other sketchbook posts from MACEDONIA and GREECE.