Official 20 20 Art Show postcard!

I am really quite humbled to be part of this exciting show. So many really wonderful artists. This show is not to be missed!

And the final piece for the 20/20 show!

And to end this series, of course... The Fat Lady Sings!!! Be well... Tj.

Three more... only 1 to go!!

20/20 show info!

The 20/20 show!

It is rapidly approaching!! I have 4 more pieces to finish, will be done this week. Here are 6 that I finished last week and never got posted. Be well... Tj.

A couple of more pieces for the 20 20 show

With these 2 I have completed 15 of the 25 needed pieces for the 20/20 show at the Kennedy Gallery in May. I am really having fun with these, and I have the next 10 already planned. So here are The Snake Charmer and Petals. Be well... Tj.

One more fat lady and a couple of other folk!

Here is Clown Flirt, Fat Lady with Blue Balloon, and Clown Busted on Break! All the pieces for the 20 20 show are acrylic on 8x8 wooden panel. More about the 20 20 show to come! Be well...

3 more Fat Ladies!

A few more Fat Ladies and Other Folk!

I finished a few more Fat Ladies, and a couple of Other Folk too! I also started another 4. Well on my way to finishing the 25 needed for the show in May. Just keep painting... be well. Tj.

The first 3 "Fat Ladies"

Here are the first 3 for the 20 20 show in May. My theme is Fat Ladies and Other Folk. Here are the first of them! I have 5 others that I've started... they are fun to do! All will be 8x8 inches, acrylic on wood panel. I am happy with the progress... must keep painting!! Be well... Tj.

I got in!!

Yay! I was selected to participate in the 20 20 show!! Picked up my 8x8 panels... must get to painting! More to come.... I am so excited and honored!!!!

Anticipation

I submitted for an art show in May, at the Kennedy Gallery here in Sacramento. The 20\20 show! Each artist is to show 20 small works, 8x8 inches. The gallery is on 20th street... hence 20\20! To apply you had to submit one sample of your proposed theme. I submitted the below piece, and my theme is "Side Show Fat Ladies and Other Folk". I have been intrigued for a while the human interest in side show freaks of the early 20th century. Most of them were birth defects, but the fat ladies not. And they were promoted as beauties. Big Beautiful Betty... or Beautiful Baby Ruth. Whole shows built around them. I hope I get accepted, I'd love the opportunity (reason) to explore this subject further! Well, supposed to find out on Monday, keeping my fingers crossed! Here I give you "I'm Pretty" acrylic on 8x8 flat panel. Be well... Tj.

My piece for the To Write Love show

I have always loved Michaelangelo's The Creation of Adam and wanted a reason to duplicate the hands. This show seemed just the thing. To Write Love, a show to benefit To Write Love on her Arms. Well, I did just that. Here is my nod to the master with my "Eve". It is large, with the frame, it's about 44X30. Acrylic on canvas and board. The frame was a second hand store find that I painted gold. I give you... Eve. Be well! Tj.

February Second Saturday art and poetry

I am really happy to participate in VOX Sacramento's February Art Exhibit and Second Saturday event. "To Write Love" a Second Saturday Art and Poetry event benefiting "To Write Love on her arms"; a non-profit movement dedicated to presenting hope and finding help for people struggling with depression, addiction, self-injury and suicide. TWLOHA exists to encourage, inform, and inspire. February 12th 5-9pm art event and poetry. See flyer for more info! Be well... Tj.

2011 here I come!

This is going to be a BIG year! My daughter is going to graduate college in June (I am so proud of you Linz!) and I am going to retire... toward the end of the year. My retirement date has been planned for September 14 in 2011 for years... but, I am on this project at work, a big project and it's important. The planned implementation date is of course... September 19, 2011. I feel like I need to stick around, and more, I feel like I don't want to submit my retirement application around then. The project I am on is for the new system that will calculate and pay my retirement. Pretty important! This system is replacing several legacy systems that we use today. Anyway, my retirement may be postponed, slightly.

I have some artistic goals set for the next few months. I have been working on a very large painting for a very good friend, I hope to complete that soon... I hope! I also have a smaller commission to work on and I am doing one piece for a February show. "To Write Love" is the theme. Show at Vox Sacramento. The show opens February 12th. More to follow! I also excited about a childrens picture book I'm working on, I called it Gertrude's Giant Hat!

I came across this painting I did a couple of years ago and wanted to share. Painted while on vacation in La Selva Beach! My "Beach Fairy" is 8x8, on canvas board, has actual shells for her wings and yes, she is floating above real sand...

I am so looking forward to 2011, and hope everyone is well... Tj.