So it turns out that a Portrait Society of America Conference is actually just a whole bunch of painting demos with mics on the artists, plus a few panels on one afternoon and a big banquet. Which is not to say that it was boring or not what I paid […]
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In 1870, Julia Ward Howe wrote her “appeal to womanhood throughout the world,” and in 1872 she proposed a celebration of Mother’s Day for Peace. Â Her petition was not granted, and Mother’s Day as we know it now was created by different interests and has shifted focus. Â And yet, these […]
It’s the first night of the 2015 Art of the Portrait Conference from the Portrait Society of America. Tonight was the Face Off: 15 artists, 5 models, 2.5 hours. The opportunity to watch so many master portrait artists at work was fantastic. And intimidating! Looking into the future here, I […]
That’s the name of my latest finished work, a colored pencil illustration of wilting sunflowers. As time wilts the flowers, so too the work itself decays, as color and form fade into the stark grid on paper. I added this piece to my Illustration portfolio, striking an older work. Although […]
This morning Dad and I got out of the house extra-early to attend Creative Mornings Houston’s program with Quinn Bishop of Cactus Music, hosted by the Houston Museum of Natural Science. In typical fashion, Dad immediately ran into someone from the neighborhood where he grew up, who attended high school […]
It isn’t often that one encounters a giant line at the MFAH, at least in my experience. Sunday morning, though, was the members’ only early entry day to the exhibit Monet and the Seine, and also the final day for the exhibit. As a result, when we got there the […]