The Painter's Keys

Happy Holidays to everyone!! Man, another year gone by, and I was just getting use to this year. I'm wishing the following year to be the best ever for all. All the shows for the year are over and the new year's schedule is upon us. With a new show at ADSO themed "Play that Funky Music" http://www.artsdesignsociety.com/ I'm ready with something that is yet again not my normal style of work.

The Via Colori 2007 Street Painting Festival was awesome!

I managed to produce two 24" x 36" gallery wrapped canvases plein-air that generated $1400.00 in the silent auction for their charity event. I was totally stoked watching

the bidding wars take shape. I posted the two images above.

I've posted a link in the header of this blog for The Painter's Keys http://painterskeys.com . This is a great website for artists. I recommend signing up for their twice weekly newsletter if you haven't already. Robert Genn is a great artist, awesome writer and a pioneer both in the world and online. Thanks Robert for all the support and information you share with us all.

This year I have finally decided, after nearly 40 years of creating, to learn alittle about Art History by reading about some of the Masters. I started out reading about Claude Monet, then Van Gogh and now Picasso. One thing that I'm learning is that I can relate to these guys. I feel their passions and understand their drive to create. I could have hung out with these artists like I do today with my group of fellow artist friends. I can't imagine reading about them without having the experience of being an artist first. The praises, the rejections, the trying times and the satisfaction of releasing the image in your mind, or in your vision onto canvas. There is no feeling like it. I know what they talking about, I understand. Here is a link to a website that I was made aware of recently that everyone needs to watch and listen to, this is awesome:

http://www.don-mclean.com/articles/vincent.asp click on the slideshow with Don Mclean soundtrack. There are several versions on the internet, well worth checking out.

The third image "Monet" is the start of a series of paintings I'm doing in watercolor on canvas of those Masters that I read about. The style is Cubist of the artist and of some of their work set in the background. I'm excited about this series and hope to be doing a show of them later next year.

I want to thank everyone for an awesome year and for being who you are. The journey wouldn't be the same without you all in it.

Brad