Chives Flower Photo

June 2, 2013June 2, 2013Leave a comment

A picture I took the other day just as
my camera’s battery was going dead.

Chives

Exhibiting at the First Art Gallery of Olathe

June 1, 2013January 13, 20242 Comments

Four pieces of my work are on exhibit at the First Art Gallery of Olathe until Friday, June 7th.

There are three framed giclee prints and one framed and matted
photo print. Each for
sale for $35.

Playing with Corel Paint Lite Today

May 21, 2013May 21, 20131 Comment

I got a copy of Corel Paint Lite because I had heard good things about Corel Paint 12 but I’m not willing to shell out the money if it overlaps the features of Adobe Photoshop CS5 (which I already have) by too much. The lite version is to Painter 12 like Photoshop Elements is to Photoshop, I think. It doesn’t have the number of brushes that Painter 12 is supposed to have, but it does have some useful ones. I played with it this afternoon just to get the feel for it and I think I’ll have legitimate uses for it on future projects. It’ll be useful when I’m not quite getting the right painterly feel that I want from Photoshop, for example. Like Sketchbook Pro, I’ll use it as a supplement for Photoshop. Conveniently, you can save files in psd format, so you can go between Photoshop and Paint fairly easily.

I made this image in Corel Paint Lite. But it’s pretty boring and unimpressive, so I covered it in text.

If you don’t see the image, it means your browser doesn’t support background images in tables. You didn’t miss much.

Photo Dump!

May 15, 2013May 15, 20132 Comments

Flowers and Leaves

: Daffodil

: Yellow Tulip

: Red Tulips

: Red tulips

: Dandilions can be pretty too!

: More Pretty Dandilions.

: Grape Leaf Budding Out

: Vinca Major

: Cherry tree? Pear tree? I dunno. Something with purple blossoms.

: Purple flowering tree

: Red tulips

: White Wild Violets

: Woodsorrel Leaves

: Azealia Blossom

: Azealia Blossom

: This sopping wet daffodil looks so pitiful, doesn’t it?

: Wild Violet

: Wild Violet

: Cherry Blossoms I think

Black and Whites

: Gazebo

: Corner Store

: Auditorium

: I keep going back and forth on this. I’m not sure if I like it or not.

I will be showing my work…

May 7, 2013Leave a comment

I will be showing my work three places over the summer.

June 1st through the 7th
First Art Gallery of Olathe
Olathe, KS
I will have several prints on display as part of the OVA Exhibit.

June 29th and 30th
Downtown Olathe Arts Festival
Olathe, KS
I will have a large selection of prints on display in association with the Olathe Visual Artists Association and will be on-site throughout the event.

July 12th through the 14th
Sunflower Art Festival
De Soto, Kansas
I have two entries that will be on display in the Sunflower Art Exhibit at this Festival.

Raccoon Sketch

April 16, 2013April 16, 20133 Comments

raccoon 500

Baby Hare in the Tall Grass

April 16, 2013Leave a comment

P1070239 2 500 It’s spring. So, I poked around under the tall grass in the corner of the yard. And, sure enough, look what I found! A baby hare.

Sunflower Drawing

April 13, 2013May 7, 20133 Comments

sunflower drawing 500

I plan to enter this in the Sunflower Art Fest contest.

Edit: This image has been accepted into the Sunflower Art Fest contest. It will be on displayed during the festival in De Soto, Kansas July 12th to the 14th.

More Random Plant Pictures

April 7, 2013April 7, 20132 Comments

: Red Tulip

: Red Tulip

: Red Tulip

: Dandilion

: Vinca Major

: Grape Hyacinth

: Curled Leaf

: Pine Tree

Random Photos

March 31, 2013March 31, 20131 Comment

Here are some random photos I took around the yard the other day.

: Maple Bud

: Maple Bark

: This branch on my maple tree broke in this weird, square shape which seemed to sort of frame the empty sky. It struck me as interesting for some reason.