Since moving to Tallahassee, Florida almost two years ago I have not written on this blog. I did not expect to have such a long hiatus from adding entries here. I have been busy creating new work, exploring the area and establishing new goals for my artwork.
I started exhibiting my work at Ann Connelly Fine Art early this year. ACFA is a beautiful gallery with wonderful, educated and professional people working there. I am honored to be included in their line up of artists.
I have continued to photograph people for portraits, record stories, research history and learn about the landscapes and native plants. Some of those images and stories will appear on the blog soon. I have met some amazing people from the descendant of a ship captain and plantation owner in Charleston, SC to a man whose grandfather walked to Cedar Key, FL from Indianapolis, IN in 1869 to a landscape gardener who has a passion for puzzles and art. Everyone has an amazing story.
In order to continue my work on the Louisiana Portrait Project and keep it relevant to my travels and my move to Florida, I decided to expand the project to the Southern states. I will not necessarily try to create a portrait for each county of each state but to create an overview of the states with people, landscapes and stories from different regions of each state. I am sure that I will be working on this subject matter for many years to come.
The first exhibition that I will have relating to this new expanded project is at The Gadsden Art Center and Museum in the fall of 2019. I will be exhibiting portraits of people from this region including Gadsden and Leon counties but also portraits from Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana and the Carolinas.
Some of my new paintings are above and below.
Above: Nest on Lilac Background, Oil and colored pencil on paper mounted on board.
Below: Vermillion Nest #6, Oil on Duralar
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