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Two weeks ago the Onslow Outdoor Painters society, otherwise known as "OOPS", volunteered their skills to help raise funds to restore the Yopp meeting house. The Yopp meeting house was established in 1813 making it the oldest building in the area. We all painted the meeting house and donated the proceeds to raise money for the renovations. Our paintings can be seen at Thurston Art gallery, Sneads Ferry, North Carolina. Here is a black and white image of mine and a write up of the event that appeared in their local paper. I also enclosed a picture of what I was looking along with the color painting too. Thanks for looking!

Dean

Big month!

SOLD, SOLD, SOLD, SOLD!!!!

I just got a call from Red Willows gallery in Trenton, NC. That is a small gallery where I hang my paintings to sell. Anyway, they opened a coffee shop in the gallery two weeks ago and the owner called to tell me that two of my paintings sold. That is 3 that sold there this month! The first one to sell was "Pop Tucci's". Pop Tucci's is a diner in trenton. I was told a couple from Buffalo NY were passing through and picked it up. It was an exercise for me in that I did not adhere to any "real" colors. The buildings were painted as I wanted and the people were added for fun . I was very thankful it sold. The two that sold today were a great surprise! The orange water and bushes were a play on complimentary colors. I was actually going to get that from the gallery because another person saw it on line and wanted to see it in person. They were just curious though. The other painting sold today was one I did about four months ago. It is the still life with the china and the eggs. When I painted that I was very pleased. I learned in that exercise that white eggs (or other things) are not necessarily white. It was a great exercise in learning to "see". Lastly I wanted to share that I sold the smallest picture I ever painted. It is 2x4". What blessed me the most about this sale was that it went to the executive director of Onslow County's Council of the Arts. It was a real boost to think that if she wanted to buy one of my works than I must be improving. I really liked her advice too.... she said I needed to charge more for my work. Well I would live to but first I want to sell enough to support my habit! Until then I will keep the prices low. Thanks for looking and as always, feel free to comment. Dean

Cotton

Here is a picture of cotton that we did last as a still life exercise. When I say we, I am referring to me and three other artists known only to ourselves ( and very close friends) as the

"Brush-ka-teers". We gather every other tuesday and paint together. It is a great time of fellowship and fun. You will be seeing their work on this blog too from time to time. This painting is an 8x10 and available for $40-