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Welcome to my blog! Although I’ve been sharing back-stories, announcements, and insights online for a number of years, I make no promises since I’d rather be painting than writing about painting any day. Still, I’ll update this area from time-to-time. And so here we are. If you’d like to have future posts show up in your inbox, please visit this page to subscribe. I hope you’ll enjoy what you read here and as always I look forward to connecting with collectors and art-lovers who visit!

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Your Big Dreams Might Come True! New Art Studio at Revolution Mill

I have a new studio! It's located at Revolution Mill at 1250 Revolution Mill Drive here in Greensboro. It is an old flannel manufacturing company building built in the 1800s. The windows are 14 feet high and the floors are hardwood 6 to 8 inches thick. The brick walls appear to be about 14 inches thick. Amazing and I'm thrilled to be in such a wonderful location.

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Is it Talent or Learned Skills When it Comes to Doing Fine Art?

I just found this wonderful blog by Carole Ridrigue for you. It's a subject I know I've wondered about and heard other artists talk about, so actually here are two articles for you to read and give....

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The Fine Art and Career of Wayne Epperly

When I began working on my next installment of my Creative Friends Series, I interviewed Wayne Epperly for a couple of hours and recorded that conversation. I have used snippets of that talk throughout this blog. Here they are all...

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Jeffrey Dunne's beach sunrise photo inspired my newest oil painting

I'm a morning person. If I sleep past nine o'clock I feel I've 'lost' a whole day. Fortunately, I have a Facebook friend in Florida who is a 'real deal' morning person. He gets up before daybreak every single day of the year to be on the beach at dawn and photograph the arrival of the morning. He shoots hundreds of shots, then returns home to edit the work. Afterward he puts three to twelve of his best shots on FB before eight am. WOW! He generously asks his friends to use, or copy the ones they like or want. 

I want to show you one he recently posted.

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