Heading for Home

Finished the final color this morning and am well pleased with the result.
I'm going to title the piece,
"Hot Sauce" for not only the Chalula in the background but for the energy that Chad Tracy always brings to the game when he comes in to bat.  I could write a whole column about Tracy and the great contribution he and other "Goon Squad" members make in helping the Nats in the late innnings, but I'll let the art do the talking.
I'll be unveiling this piece this Friday, Saturday and Sunday at the Montgomery Co. Fairgrounds at this weekends' Sugarloaf Festival.  The edition is only 50 prints, so I'm expecting some rapid sales. (four copies sold while in progress)  Come see me this weekend.

Heading Toward Third

Moving right along with the addition of purple and two shades of blue, plus a dark grey.
Looking forward to finishing tomorrow but have lots of other projects that need my attention.
I'll be setting up Sugarloaf at the Montgomery County Fairgrounds in Gaithersburg, MD.
This is the biggest Sugarloaf (and the best)
of the entire year. Friday, Saturday and Sunday,
upstairs in the main building, I'll be holding forth at my booth and hope you can come by.

Moving On to Second Base

Printed red, a darker flesh tone and grey today.
As you can see, the grey stencil was huge and used almost a full quart of ink during the printing.  Except for the uniform, the grey is the undercoating for two dark blues, dark red, dark brown, dark purple and black.  Now, when I print those colors they will appear especially rich because of the grey beneath them.  Hope to finish this edition on Saturday, but I'll have to get busy cutting stencil to succeed.
Stay tuned.

Every Child is an Artist

Pablo Picasso was certainly right when he said that every child is an artist.  I may be partial, but my grand daughter, Ashlyn, at five years old, has an awful lot of talent. (As shown by this wonderful tennis player that she drew and bound into a book of drawings that she made for me.)  I was winning art contests with my drawings when I was five, but then, most of the drawings I see by five year olds possess a lot of terrific joy for life, great color and imaginative composition.  Unfortunately, very few of us are able to maintain the youthful enthusiasm in our work that we exhibited as children.
I put this on my blog because it makes me smile.
Art has a way of generating emotion and I have always chosen to opt for the smile when given an opportunity.  If your work can make people smile or cry, why not make them smile.

Getting to First Base

I'm making some good progress!  If you look carefully you can see the batter, catcher and umpire.  Still have a lot of stencils to cut and lots more printing to go.  Have to take a temporary break on the printing but will return soon.
Stay tuned.

Finished...Six Feet Under

I got all six feet finished and the print looks terrific.  Sorry for not posting sooner, as I got sidetracked with my show and the new Nats
print that I'm now printing.

Bethesda Row Arts Fest

 Here I am in Bethesda this past Saturday, enjoying the beautiful weather and nice crowds.
Former Washington Grove neighbor David and wife Maureen came by my booth to say hi and snapped this shot with their cell phone.
Thanks to all who came by to say hi and went home with a new piece of art for their homes.
This is the kind of show that keeps me enthusiastic about what I do!
A special shout out to the folks that run this show and make it so special.  Thanks to Bob & Robin and "ground forces" Seth & Josh, you did a positively great job!!