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2025 Schedule and trying new mediums

Well it’s been a while since I used the old blog page here at the site. My apologies. Sometimes I have a tendency to get stretched in multiple directions, leaving some things in attended. Hey, it happens to us all.


The 2025 schedule of shows is filling up.


Shows at the Moline Punlic Library and Woodlawn Arts Academy are wrapping up at the end of January and the following shows are booked after.


February-Oregon Colosseum, Oregon IL. I’ll have two pieces in their portrait show


May- Solo show at NCIArtworks in Peru IL


June- Springfield Art Assocoation Solo show in The Cellar. Springfield IL


July/August- Quad Cities International Airport, Featured artist, Moline IL


There are a few more in the works but dates haven’t been pinned down yet


So, I’ve began working with a new medium. I’m still working with white on black, but I’ve started to use pan pastels. If you’re unfamiliar with them, they are compressed pastels in small round cases, much like a make up compact. They are applied with various sponges or other impliments. Simply put, I love them. What started as a new way to achieve tonal work underneath my pencil detail has turned into using the pastels only. I’ll still use the white pencils in future projects, but I’m thoroughly enjoying the freedom this new medium creates. But in this lies a deliemma. Maybe it’s just in my own head, but I feel that with a particular style, you’re under certain expectations and obligations. People who have purchased or will purchase pieces know what to expect. I know what to expect. And maybe that’s why I’m trying a new medium. I was beginning to know what to expect too much. Art is about passion and remaining fresh and interested. And while I was not in any tyoe of rut, so to speak, trying something new has really woken me up and sparked something. So I hope that you understand and appreciate these new pieces and why they look like they do. (The piece attached to this blog is a new one). Its still me. I'm just playing with new things. 😉

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