Competition

I'm excited to post my selections to compete in the Conroe Art League Fall Show.  There are some strange shadows on the drawings which definitely don't belong.  You'll have to come see them in person!  From the top down are:
                                                                Chuck
                                                                  Angel Baby
                                                        Anchored in Doe Cove
                                                         Sweet Baby Dreams
                                                        Red Shouldered Hawk

I painted Chuck in a group portrait studio where "Chuck" (his name is not really Chuck) was the model.  This was done in a 3 hour time span (with breaks).  I like the way Chuck turned out.

Angel Baby is none other than our sweet granddaughter, Jodi.  She had fallen asleep shirtless, with diaper only, on top of her snoozing daddy on our sofa one lazy Sunday afternoon.  I snapped the irresistible scene.   She is definitely our little Angel Baby.

I've blogged about the next painting before.  The photo was taken at Doe Cove on Orcas Island in the San Juan Islands.  This was a spot that could entertain me for days, weeks, months, without doing one thing.

The first pencil drawing is of my great great niece whom I've never even met.  She lives in Vermont, and I so hope to meet her before she and her big sister before they are all grown up.  Her mommy posted this picture on her Facebook page and I grabbed it.  Mommy, I hope you don't mind???

One day I looked out my living room window and right there on the deck railing, just beside the bird feeder, sat this Red Shouldered Hawk, and he was not there to snack on the nuts and seeds in the feeder, rather on the small partakers of the feed.  He was beautiful.  What a treat to have him so close and be able to snap this shot, then draw him/her.  How do you tell the difference?

The Conroe Art Show will be held during the months of September and October. The show is divided into the 2 months as follows:

September:  Oils/Acrylics, Drawings, Photography, Digital Art, Studio Fine Art

October:  Watercolor, Mixed Media, Pastels, Abstract, Sculpture

My works will all be on display throughout September.

If you are in the area, I hope you'll take some time to stroll through our lovely gallery and view all the works of many amazing artists in our area.  The gallery is located at...
                                     127 Simonton
                                        Conroe, Texas

Thanks for dropping by and many blessings for you and yours!