Bernard Conda

The drawing group in Norfolk, Virginia is a haven for local artist, amateur and professional alike. Bernard Conda is a working artist who has captured my interest thoroughly. His renderings of the actual are soft and always aesthetically pleasing. He is someone that i personally look forwards to seeing and enjoy direct comments from him regarding my sketches. Let us let his painting do most of the "speaking."

Larry Rivers (American, 1923-2002)

So I am Thinking Of working with Windows. I am currently searching for things that artists have used windows for and I am also working out what the symbol "window" means in my personal encyclopedia of symbolism. I really enjoy the dramatic emotion that Jim Dine Storm Window
{1965. Oil, pencil, and collage on aluminum and glass window and screen mounted on plywood with wood frame, 29 x 25 x 2 3/4" (73.7 x 63.5 x 6.9 cm). Committee on Painting and Sculpture Funds. © 2010 Larry Rivers} has on my psyche. I also dig the color scheme of monochromatic.

Wifredo Lam

Yep that's right Folks it is Wifredo Lam's The Jungle. I really could not resist. It is Love.

Eric Chase Anderson

Eric Chase Anderson is the brother of the Director Wes Anderson {of which I am fully infatuated with} His illustrations people the film wolds created by his sibling. My personal favorite being the Royal Tenenbaums. His illustrations are simple and that is what I really Like about them. I myself have a deep desire to do illustration but I am pretty unsure of the whole territory. None the less, I admire both Mr. Andersons and will continue to follow their work.

Pamela Stern

One interest that I have with regards to clay sculpting is portraiture. I would love to create Beautiful bust figures that also have some sort of ancient look to them. This piece by Pamela Stern (Fortress; terracotta sculpture of a woman crowned with a tower on her head;18"H x 12"W) has that kind of quality. It is contemporary but it also has an esoteric cult look to it that interests me. That quality is probably due to the forms and surface treatment of the piece. Can anyone say Matte Copper?

Barclay Sheaks

Dune and Gulls
Acrylic on upson board, 18" x 24", 1974

I have been an admirer of Barclay Sheaks ever since I first discovered the Hampton Roads Wholesalers. Upon my first visit, I purchased a discarded print of a work by Sheaks entitled "Sand Washed Dunes of the Outer Banks." I was pleased to know that he was a local artist and could some day meet the man that created the painting that I love so much. A couple months later, I was at the Wholesalers and I decided to ask the person behind the counter if he knew who Barlay Sheaks was. He replied "Oh yea, he is the tallish man with grey hair in the framing department, he comes here all the time, in fact, we have some original works by him, lets go talk to him." excitedly I followed the cashier into the framing department. When we arrived, I was greatly disappointed. No one was there. "He must have already left, we just missed him."
That was the day I almost meet Barclay Sheaks. Now I will never meet one of the most successful artist to hail from my home area. April 14th, 2010 R.I.P.

Charely Harper

What a great guy! I really enjoy the way this artist places organic subjects into an inorganic format. As someone who is interested in graphic style, but not really the process of creating this kind of work, i would love to find a way/or ways to create graphic designs in a fine art medium.

Todd Oldham

Designers are artists too. The way that they create is different however, because of the set goals they are trying to achieve. I admire Oldham's use of geometric forms and bold colors. His designs are also fun and embody a mentality that simply want to enjoy being alive!

First Blog EVEEEER

Ok so here is the thing, I am probably going to be one of those obnoxious blog people. I can just already tell. You know the type, always dishing out unimportant bits of their life, using phrases like OMG, LMAO, FML, and posting pictures of themselves with cute wrinkled up faces. K well TTYL!!