It's Showtime Folks!

I may have been quiet online lately, but that doesn't mean the art has stopped. This weekend and next weekend are the two biggest weekends on Delaware's art show calendar. The Rehoboth Art League is a quiet escape in the nation's summer capital. Under the pines and away from the beach crowds this juried show not only features many of Delaware's most well known artists, but embraces you with 3.5 acres of ample natural beauty.

Tent Location: Booth #3 - This is a new spot for me and it's in front of the historic Homestead.

1st Weekend: Saturday & Sunday, August 8 & 9, 2014 (rain or shine)
2nd Weekend: Saturday & Sunday, August 16 & 17, 2014 (rain or shine)

Hours: 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Saturdays, 10:00 a.m to 3:00 p.m. Sundays

Admission: $5 - Tickets may be purchased at the Art League or online here.

Parking: Free Jolly Roger shuttle service is available from both the KMART shopping center on Route 1 (see map) and the Rehoboth Beach Elementry School at 500 Stockley Avenue (see map).

Parking in Henlopen Acres is very limited. Please adhere to parking restrictions including parking along the street. All vehicles must park on the grass with tires off the pavement. You will get a ticket if you ignore this rule.

Refreshments: Nage’s Café will be serving lunch in the Chambers Building, lite fare and coffees from The Pointe can be found across from the Corkran Galley, there will be lemonade outside the Children’s Studio and, in the afternoon, join Dogfish Head Brewery in the Homestead Garden for beer, music and a DPR live broadcast.

Fabulous musical entertainment: Familiar local artists and some exciting new faces, along with live entertainment featuring jazz, blue grass, and folk music will create a relaxing atmosphere for spending the day.

Official Website: rehobothartleague.org

Staring Into Darkness

“Stare at the dark too long and you will eventually see what isn’t there.” - Cameron Jace

This painting is 8" x 6" oil on canvas panel. Please call me, email me, or click here if you'd like to buy this painting.

I know, I know. It's been too long. I haven't dropped off of the face of the Earth, I've just been busy with non-art (read, not cool) work and it's been hard to carve out the necessary time. That means for  twenty minutes here or a thirty minutes there I've been scratching my visual art-creation itch through sketching. Below are a few of the pieces from my sketchbook. 

Walking

"We must walk consciously only part way toward our goal, and then leap in the dark to our success." - Unknown

This painting is 8" x 6" oil on canvas board.

Garden

 "The garden suggests there might be a place where we can meet nature halfway." - Michael Pollan

This painting is 8" x 6" oil on canvas board. 

Springtime's Arrival

"I believe one of America's most priceless assets is the idealism which motivate the young people of America. My generation has invested all that it has, not only its love, but its hope and faith, in yours." - President Richard M. Nixon.

This painting is 8" x 6" oil on canvas board. Please call me, email me, or click here if you'd like to buy this painting.

Fences

To be what no one ever was,
To be what everyone has been:
Freedom is the mean of those
Extremes that fence all effort in.

Mark Van Doren, "Freedom," Morning Worship and Other Poems, p. 124 (1960)

This painting is 8" x 6" oil on canvas board, Please call me, email me, or click here if you'd like to buy this painting.

Early Light

"At the beach, life is different. Time doesn't move hour to hour but mood to moment. We live by the currents, plan by the tides and follow the sun." - Unknown

This painting is 8" x 6" oil on canvas board. 

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Treasure Hunters

"Life is like the ocean. Waves will try to knock you down and push you back to where you started, but once you fight through them the entire ocean is yours." - Unknown

This painting is 8" x 6" oil on canvas board. Please call me, email me, or click here if you'd like to buy this painting.

Horizon

"For most people, we often marvel at the beauty of a sunrise or the magnificence of a full moon, but it is impossible to fathom the magnitude of the universe that surrounds us." - Richard H. Baker

This painting is 5" x 7" oil on canvas panel.

Morning Poetry - Large

"The poetry of the earth is never dead." - John Keats

This is a larger version of a smaller painting I created a little over a year ago. This painting is 10" x 8" oil on canvas board. Please call me, email me, or click here if you'd like to buy this painting.

Just Beachy

"Morning is when the wick is lit.  A flame ignited, the day delighted with heat and light, we start the fight for something more than before." - Jeb Dickerson

This painting is 7" x 5" oil on canvas panel.

Go Fish

"The English are always ready to admire anything so long as they can queue up." - George Mikes, 'How to Be an Alien'

This painting is 7" x 5" oil on canvas board. Please call me, email me, or click here if you'd like to buy this painting

Bridged Divides

"[Politicians] are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river." - Nikita S. Khrushchev

This painting is 24" x 18" oil on canvas. Please call me, email me, or click here if you'd like to buy this painting.

In The Distance

 "For time is the longest distance between two places." - Tennessee Williams

This painting is 8" x 6" oil on canvas panel. Please call me, email me, or click here if you'd like to buy this painting.

Park View

"Architecture is the art of how to waste space." - Philip Johnson

This painting is 8" x 6" oil on canvas board. Please call me, email me, or click here if you'd like to buy this painting

Found Moment

"Lost, yesterday, somewhere between sunrise and sunset, two golden hours, each set with sixty diamond minutes. No reward is offered for they are gone forever." - Horace Mann

This painting is 8" x 6" oil on canvas panel.

Trevor

"When I discover who I am, I'll be free." - Ralph Ellison

This painting is 8" x 6" oil on canvas panel. 

East Coast Sunset

"To go out with the setting sun on an empty beach is to truly embrace your solitude." 

- Jeanne Moreau

This painting is 8" x 6" oil on canvas board.

The Coast

"Just as the wave cannot exist for itself, but is ever a part of the heaving surface of the ocean, so must I never live my life for itself, but always in the experience which is going on around me."
- Albert Schweitzer

This painting is 6" x 8" oil on canvas board. 

The warmth of fine art

If you were itching to see me you've got one last chance to scratch before the end of the year. I'll be joining 50 Artists from six states will be at the Harford Day School on Saturday, November 3rd. I'll also have copies of my book, Visual Poetry, on hand for you to preview. This event promises to be fun for the whole family!

Booth Location: 47, located in the field house.

Show Dates: Saturday November 3, 2012

Hours: 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Admission: FREE!

Parking: Parking is available at the school.

Address: 715 Moores Mill Road, Bel Air, MD 21014

My house in relation to Superstorm Sandy's path

We made it through Sandy this week without an issue even though the house was nearly under it's direct path. Others, especially along the coast, weren't quite so lucky. I know you've been hearing this from a number of people, but consider donating to the Red Cross if you are able. If you've ever been to Atlantic City you know that many of the people that live there are not living in expensive beach homes and will need help in the coming weeks and months.