Shain Gallery

I am so pleased to now be represented by the Shain Gallery in Charlotte, NC. 
PLease stop and say hello if you are in the area!

Pickle Juice Jars 48" x 48"

Three Ideals 48" x 60"

Shain Gallery
2823 Selwyn Avenue  Charlotte, NC  28209  
704.334.7744   
shainart@earthlink.net 
Gallery Hours: Monday - Saturday, 10-5

Thank you for your patience..

The last 8 months have been filled with heartache, change and turmoil, and I am so grateful for your patience as I took time off to process all the emotions and loss and change that has happened.  I am now getting back in the studio and feel more like myself again.  I am loving painting and am thankful for commissions and upcoming shows that are keeping me busy!
Here are a few new works.

Just Add Sugar 30" x 72"

Bounty 48" x 72" (commission)

Lemon and Limes 36" x 60"

delivered work!

I delivered these new works to the Hammond Harkins Gallery in Bexley, OH this weekend!  Stop in to see them in person!

Sealed 48" x 60"

Big B 40" x 30"

Waiting For Spring 6" x 6"

Can't We All Just Get Along?  36" x 60"

Table Setting  20" x 30"

Making Lemonade 60" x 36"

Home Sweet Home!

What a wonderful, crazy week we have had.  A week ago today we unloaded paintings and then enjoying a nice afternoon poolside at The Sanctuary on Kiawah Island.  What an incredible place, we felt so blessed to be there!  That evening I did a painting demonstration for The Wells Gallery "Art Uncorked" event in the resort.  I had a great evening talking with, and meeting people from all over the country.  Mary Ellen got the "furthest drive award" and I was so glad she came and we got to talk a bit! Thanks to Hume, Emily, Kelly and the staff of The Sanctuary for a wonderful time.  After the show, we headed north again so we could make it home for our youngest son Ty's last football game of the season Friday night. (They won!)  Saturday was a day filled with family, friends, amazing food and some Halloween fun!  We started off the day with a quick visit with our oldest daughter, Cat, who had just driven in from NYC for a wedding and my fathers' 86th birthday party.  We then went to see oldest son, Connor, at ONU for lunch, drove on to Heidelberg Univ. to see our second oldest daughter, Kaleigh, play is the high schools' district volleyball game (they lost :(.. ) and continued on to The Culinary Vegetable Institute where we changed into American Gothic zombies and enjoyed an amazing meal prepared by Executive Chef Tony Dee of Eddie Merlot's for their October Earth to Table event. On Sunday we celebrated my dad's 86th in style with family and friends and tons more good food as Chef Tony and his lovely fiance', Kacey, came and stayed a day with us before heading back to Indianapolis to finish packing to move to Chicago this week.  His parents, our dear friends, Vicky and Dave, finally made it home to Virginia Beach through Hurricane Sandy yesterday, just a day or two later than they had planned. Cat and her boyfriend, Nick, made it home Sunday evening/Monday morning deciding to ride out their second NYC hurricane in their apartment with their cats on the upper east side.  Phew! So glad everyone is home safe and sound! Such a good week, but I have to admit that I am still catching up on sleep! 
Some paintings I took to The Wells Gallery;

Front and Center oil on canvas 60" x 36"

Making Connections oil on canvas 60" x 48"

One Big Pickle oil on canvas 26" x 54"

Sound of Surf oil on canvas 48" x 60"

Saturday Morning oil on canvas 36" x 60"

Painting and traveling... traveling and painting!

The first half of this year has been a whirlwind of exciting travels!  I have traveled overseas twice, to both coasts, and a couple places in between!  I have been trying to record some of these adventures for future paintings and am also experimenting a bit in the studio as I have time.  Here are a few recent paintings.

Beach Memories 36" x 48"

Taxi! 16" x 20"

Colosseum 8" x 10"

The JZ Line 16" x 20"

Just Us Two 8" x 10"

Getting ready for a road trip!

We booked our final hotel and I think we are ready to go!  We are headed to Atlanta, to Mason Murer Fine Art to drop off work for "Refresh", the group show opening February 17.  Then we are driving up to Asheville, NC because we have heard so many great things about the area, then down to Charleston, to The Wells Gallery and to visit for a couple days, then back to Atlanta for the opening Friday night, then home on Saturday!  Phew!  It will be a lot of driving, but we are looking forward to seeing everyone down south!
A few of the paintings we will be bringing..

A's and B's
oil on canvas
36" x 60"

 

Blueberry Juice
oil on canvas
48" x 48"



Pickle Spears
oil on canvas
36" x 60"

Canned Heat

I have been painting quite a bit over the last few months in preparation for my upcoming show, Canned Heat,  Part of "Refresh", at Mason Murer Fine Art in Atlanta, GA.  Here are a few of the pieces I am working on!


A Pair of Pickled Peppers 36" x 60"




Pickle Juice 48" x 48"




Blueberries 36" x 60"



Small works to the Wells Gallery

I have been working on some small paintings and got 4 shipped today to the Wells Gallery in Charleston for their Small Works December show! 

Odd Man Out 6" x 12"

Ready For More 12" x 12"

Hints of Pink 6" x6"

W 16" x 16"

It's been too long! New paintings, "Bouncing Balls" and "Life"

Sorry.. again.. for the lack of posts here! I promise I have been painting! Summer is a crazy time, but school starts tomorrow for the kids and I will have a bit more of a schedule, albeit a hectic one! I'm thrilled to tell you that I have had a painting, Michael's Marble, accepted into the National Art Encounter 2010 in Naples, FL! I won't be able to go to the opening, but I will be well represented by my great friends, Mary and Jon!

Also this past week I had my first official gallery visit by a new gallery that will be representing me. The Brandt Roberts Gallery will be opening on Oct 1, on High St. in Columbus with the grand opening on Oct. 29! We had a great time and I am looking forward to a long and successful relationship with them.

I am posting a painting that I sent to the Wells Gallery last week.. (along with "Meeting of the Minds" and "Up Front".)

Titled, "Bouncing Balls"..
36" x 60"