Art Intro

Many thanks to those who have been responding so well to my first few posts. I really appreciate being made to feel welcome. I thought I would use this post to tell you a little more about myself and what I have been up to lately. Jimmy also thought that posting a picture or two of me might be good, and it would help to dispel any lingering suspicion that I might resemble either a Star-Nosed Mole or the Visage of Elder Madness. The first picture is of me at Tulsa’s Philbrook Museum.Shepherdess2_2

I am gesturing toward The Shepherdess, a masterpiece by William Bougereau, the first one of his I have ever seen in person. I could look at it all day.

The next pic is of one of my recent still life pieces that I currently have entered in a small regional competition. Is it O.K. to pray to win?? I have been really blessed this past year with good response to my art, even though I have only been painting full-time since last August. I have sold almost all of my first series of paintings, was accepted to my first regional show (a ten state area), and was also accepted into the Art Renewal Center’s (ARC) International Salon, which frankly surprised me. There were over 1500 entries from 30 countries, so I am really grateful to have been chosen. I operate a small art gallery in Rogers, Arkansas that I named Green Leaf Fine Art Gallery, influenced partly by Tolkien’s short story Leaf By Niggle, a great story for artists of all kinds to read. I also teach art lessons at my gallery and hope to be a small influence in reviving an aesthetic of beauty in cultural life. As Father Corapi has pointed out, Truth, Beauty, Unity and Life are all bound up together.

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18 thoughts on “Art Intro”

  1. Holy guacamole! You are GOOOOD! I am a huge fan of the ARC, and I love classical realism — and, yes, I think it’s OK to pray to win a competition.
    What a gift you have! Thank you for sharing.
    Ruthann

  8. Thanks for the kind comments, y’all, even though I went shamelessly fishing for them and plugging my gallery.
    I blush to admit that, no, I do not have a website for my gallery at present, but I am working to correct that. Jimmy, among others, is helping to drag me kicking and screaming into the 21st century. 🙂
    I hope to have a blog soon as well.
    Pax Christi-

  10. Make your next portrait of Col. Carter and Jimmy will buy it no matter the price.

  11. Zhou De-Ming–ARC has some 70+ of Bierstadt’s paintings shown and for sale as fine art prints.

  14. You have a wonderful gift. Your work is very pleasing to the eye and has such richness and depth…now I know why I gave up art, I could never paint like that!
    God Bless.

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