C J MUGGS Webster Groves 7/19-10/16

"Those persons who have perceptive eyes
enjoy beauty everywhere." -- Paramahansa Yogananda

I hung two paintings - RELEASE (accepted into THE FOUNDRY Dec 06 Watercolor Exhibit) and GALILEE (pictured - 3rd place in Our Lady of the Snows Gateway Exhibit in late 06) - in C J MUGGS RESTAURANT in Webster Groves, Missouri. Nice neighborhood restaurant in what is called "Quiet Webster Groves" ...lovely part of town....big old, houses and lots of mature trees. C J MUGGS hosts a new exhibit on its walls every month or so (through the St. Louis Watercolor Society). The painting is my award-winner - GALILEE. The exhibit is titled DRIVEN TO ABSTRACTION and the next exhibit will be DOUBLE VISION - PAIRED PAINTINGS.

WARM WASHES/COOL COLORS June, '07

My work titled "Mountain Meadow" was accepted into the WARM WASHES/COOL COLORS exhibit at the ST. LOUIS ARTISTS' GUILD in June, '07. I've included some more photographs below of the layout of The Guild (see more photos below - COLLECTORS' CHOICE VI) which is located in a stone English-styled building in Oak Knoll Park. The park is woodsy, with rolling hills and a beautiful lake. I always enjoy my visits to Oak Knoll and the Guild. Let me know if you need directions, eh?





"The longer I live the more beautiful life becomes. If you foolishly ignore beauty, you will soon find yourself without it. Your life will be impoverished. But if you invest in beauty, it will remain with you all the days of your life."
-- Frank Lloyd Wright

COLLECTORS' CHOICE VI June, '07

I enjoy donating a painting to the St. Louis Artists' Guild COLLECTORS' CHOICE every year. The Guild is such a classy place (in Clayton, Missouri's Oak Knoll Park). My painting titled "Fall Walk" (top photo, at far left) was donated to the fund raiser.



"The longer you spend working on something – loving it into being, almost – the more you get attached. It's silly, but you do hope they go to good homes."
-- Anne Desmet

My Digital Demo 5/15

"Tell a person they are brave and you help them become so."
-- Thomas Carlyle

I used the above work, DREAMS OF RED, to illustrate how to photograph work digitally, place in Adobe Photoshop and prepare for submission to exhibits accepting digital in lieu of slides. I also went thru the process of how to email and follow the exhibit jurors' instructions (which is extremely important to even have one's work considered). I also wrote a 3-page handout, taking the reader step-by-step through the entire process (from equipment and software selection to how to position one's work to photograph properly). This demo was done for the St. Louis Watercolor Society. Over 30 members attended the demo. I rec'd. a lot of compliments on the thoroughness of my program.

If you would like a PDF copy of my handout, please let me know in the comments area of this post. I enjoyed helping others broaden their ability to submit to exhibits they might otherwise have thought was not within their reach.

Addendum: I have just learned that ART ST. LOUIS is now accepting (and prefers) digital submissions (on CD and DVD) for their members' "artists' registry." Forward thinking, as corporations and other entities prefer to view digital files for possible lease and/or purchase of artists' works.

RIVERS OF COLOR May, '07

RIVERS OF COLOR was the first ST. LOUIS WATERCOLOR SOCIETY that I submitted my work. The exhibit was held at Creative Arts Gallery on Ivanhoe in South St. Louis. Wonderful venue for an art exhibit! My painting is titled "RED" (look to right in the photo, between and above the sculptures).....one more juried acceptance in this society and I will have "signature" status. Only half the submissions were accepted into the exhibit. So I was pleased.



"When I begin painting I am in a state of unconsciousness; I suddenly forget that I am holding a brush in my hand."
-- Wu Chen

CAFE DOLCE 4/15 thru 6/15

My first solo exhibit was held earlier this spring and early summer at Cafe Dolce, a wonderful little European style cafe in O'Fallon, Illinois. I hope to have a invitational gathering next spring at this stylish little place that serves excellent pastries for breakfast and luncheon soups and sandwiches. Paintings displayed:




"One can do good things without being very much of a harmonist or a colourist. It is sufficient to have a sense of art – and this sense is doubtless the horror of the bourgeois."
-- Paul Cezanne