Between being inspired and transforming ideas into visuals, the art lends itself well for products, wearable artwork and home furnishings!
Technology is one of my favorite things. All of those years in high tech enabled my super hero efforts to be a “super geek”! So when given the opportunity to work with a local development company that is known for their graphic styles smartphone apps – it was a match made in cyber heaven. This [...]
When I started painting professionally, the internet was in its infancy. No real blogs, no Facebook, no My Space, people just messing around with HTML code hoping for a little corner of the Internet highway. If I been given the opportunity to document my painting stories at that time it would have been quite an [...]
It always a bonus as an artist when a piece of artwork touches others and can speak volumes to those who admirer it. But it’s even better when a creation can inspire an entire class of kindergarteners to create a whole body of works from it! I recently received a wonderful note on my Facebook [...]
Time flies when you’re having fun… When I started painted again in 1999 after not painting for several years, I poured myself into it with a passion and a madness, it was a whirlwind of creativeness that encompassed me like never before. It was a good time to start reliving my artwork, the internet was [...]
Celebration of Life During Day of the Dead ~ Dia de los Muertos Here at the gallery we are hosting an exhibit and tribute to celebrate Dia de los Muertos on Saturday, October 22nd. The exhibit will feature work from nine local artists; Mary Bravo, Beto Bravo Christine Benjamin, John Cloud, Renee Berglund, Mary Medrano, Sonya Paz, [...]
So, I suppose I should get right to the point… I recently had a customer who paid for his purchase in cash and looked for a place to discard his $0.18 cents in change. He asked if we had a “Tip Jar”, the look of sheer shock much have crossed over my face (much like a [...]
Cool furniture finds are a thrill indeed – the adventureous task to take a plain wooden crafted shelf unit into a fixture for a room that will not only be useful but will be quite a funkyand artful conversation piece. This was one of those finds where I saw it from the street and immediately stopped the car [...]
Being hands-on in my line of business is not unusual – it’s necessary, it’s one of the main reasons that I don’t prim myself up with fancy manicures or nail polish, why bother. I am not talking about being just the decision maker or collaborator for products at the gallery, but the main know-it-all for all [...]