True Nature Drawings on display at the Remedy Diner, Ralegh, NC

   My True Nature drawing series is currently on display, hanging on the walls of the Remedy Diner in Raleigh, NC. The drawings are all framed and available for sell, This show runs through the end of April.
  The Remedy Diner is located at 137 E. Hargett Street Raleigh, NC 27601.
check out www.theremedydiner.com

(special thanks to my friend Marcus Estremera for helping me with the hanging.)

Beaufort Co. Arts Council Juried Art Show

   I entered four paintings in the Beaufort Co. Arts Council's Juried Art Show and received two awards. My painting "Secret Life of the Sun" was named honorable mention. My painting "Ordinary Day Petition" won First Place in the Oils and Acrylics painting category. I am extremely pleased and humbled.

First Place in Oils and Acrylics.

Honorable Mention.

3 Painting Selected for Litmus Gallery & Studios "Anything Goes" juried exhibit

   I submitted three paintings to the Litmus Gallery & Studios "Anything Goes" juried exhibit and all three were selected. I am very pleased by the news. This is very encouraging. The Litmus Gallery is located at 312 W. Cabarrus Street in Raleigh, NC. The exhibit will be opens Saturdays 10AM-2PM or by appointment, running the month of November. Opening reception is Nov. 1, 2013, and close reception is Dec. 6, 2013. For more information got to http://www.litmusgallery.com/

 The following are the submitted/selected paintings.

"The Smell of Cigarettes & Swimming Pools"

"No Lucky Number"

"Of Beginnings (Sam & Part of My Tooth)"

My First Official Case of Censorship

The image above is called "Let me Know the Struggle Ends." I entered it in an online art competiton on the Facebook page of Fawn Review Magazine, in  an open competition for any and all comers. I posted the link on my personal Facebook page asking my friends to share and "like." The image recieved several "likes" and after being posted for around two hours was deleted by Facebook and removed from the competition. I was informed in a very polite e-mail from the editor of Fawn Review of this occurance and invited to submit another image. This is not Fawn Review's fault, but Facebook's or someone who took offense to this image. It is censorship. I have been censored. By Facebook. Had this image been the other way round, with the male figure on bottum, bare chested and the female on top, breast obscured, would it be such a "problem"? I don't know, I can't answer that.
 But there it is: My first official case of censorship. And a friend of mine once told me, you aren't really a real Artist until you have been censored. So, the question is; How do I add this to my resume?

True Nature : You People Are Animals (selection 8)

True Nature : You People Are Animals (selection 7)

True Nature : You People Are Animals (selection 6)

True Nature : You People Are Animals (selection 5)

True Nature : You People Are Animals (selection 4)

True Nature: You People Are Animals (selection 3)