July Serenade going to OPA show

My painting "July Serenade" was selected for this years Oil Painters of America National Exhibition. If you find yourself in Coeur d'Alene during June 10 - July 9th, go check it out.

Besides the shows running, there are 6 days of events happening around the opening of the show. If you want to get in some plein air painting, or check out the amazing landscape artist Scott Christensen do a demo, I'm sure it will be a good time and worth the trip.

A list of all the accepted artists is here, and if your interested in the hosting gallery, jump over to Devin Galleries.

Blogging from Weekend with the Masters

I'm headed off to CA tomorrow for the Weekend with the Masters event held by American Artist magazine. A friend of mine, Taaron Parsons, and I will be assisting the staff and master artists during the event. I'll try and post each night some pictures and any of the great info I hear.

Can't wait to meet anyone else that is going . . . See ya there!

Painting in FAV 15% in Fine Art Studio competition

My painting July Serenade was a top 15% finalist in the Fine Art Studio's online painting competition. Check out all the great paintings here. Congratulations to the winner,  Aaron Westerberg, with his painting Going Out. The Judge was William Wray, a really cool urban landscape painter that is also the illustrator responsible for that awesome Ren & Stimpy style and those "gross" detailed illustrations that I always loved seeing on the show.

Aaron Westerberg

William Wray

Bill Wray (He goes by Bill as an illustrator)

A Moment's Beauty

Over the past month, I have been showing some work at Beardsley Fine Art, in their "A Moment's Beauty" group show. The Reception was this past weekend, and I had the pleasure of meeting many of the other artists as well as collectors and art lovers from the area. Beardsley gallery is a fairly new gallery that pride themselves in showing only the best of today's representational art.

In a short time, they have begun representing some of the biggest names in art, including Burton Silverman, Glenn Harrington, Dennis Sheehan, and many others. It was an honor to be a part of the event, and hope this is the start of a long-lasting relationship with both the gallery and the other artists. (By the way, that stunning lady next to me is my wife - and model)

Burton Silverman

Glenn Harrington

Katie Swatland

Southwest Art - 21 Under 31

I have been selected for this years "21 under 31" emerging artists issue of Southwest Art. The editors picked my painting "Katie" for the article and there is a Q&A section beside.

Make sure you grab an issue--there are some other great artists (my favorites: Kyle Stuckey, Katie Swatland, Julio Reyes, and Daniel Keys), and an article about plein air painter, Brent Jensen.