I have a few shows coming up. The show in Stillwater will be my first time with them. I'm looking forward to seeing some Cowboys and Cowgirls as they start school the following Monday! the Medicine Park festival was great last year. I'm looking forward to a better show this year! Live on the Plaza is always great! I'm also waiting to hear back on a couple of more applications for this fall.

July 13, 2018 - Live on the Plaza in the Plaza District OKC, OK
Aug 17-18, 2018 - Pop Up Art shops @ Prairie Arts Center Stillwater, OK
Oct 5-7, 2018 - Medicine Park Art Walk & Flute Fest, Medicine Park, OK
Oct 12, 2018 - Live on the Plaza in the Plaza District OKC, OK

Now showing in four new houses on the OKC Parade of Homes tour. These beautiful homes are built by Capital Homes in Yukon, OK. Each piece is printed as a very large 32" X 48" premium gallery canvas wrap. They, along with the beautiful new abodes they currently reside in are absolutely stunning in person. You can have your very own Special Edition Art Series Canvas print. Visit my shop and contact me for details.

You can now see more than 25 different Limited Edition Art Series images on my website. Each one is limited to just 50 16"X20" premium gallery canvas prints that come ready to hang and brighten up your day. These just pop right off the canvas and look better in person than on here. Actual artwork will not have text.

     In preparing for an upcoming art show next month, I was asked to make a 4 photo collage to go to the local art association newsletter. I had never made a collage before and I had a deadline of "NOW". I know one can be made in Photoshop or Lightroom but I needed something with a much shorter learning curve. After watching a few how to videos on YouTube, I decided to look online for an alternative. I found Collage Maker by BeFunky. I had a great collage spit out in under 5 minutes and that include hunting down my photo file on my computer.

The upcoming show is at the beautiful, new, micro EB Gallery in OKC on February 2nd from 6-9PM.

I saw a meme this week that said if 2017 had a name, it was Felicia. 2017 was the hardest year of my life. I am glad it's over. 

Today is Jan 2, 2018. Yesterday I watched my OU Sooners football team squander away their national title hopes, again. So I consider today to be the start of a new year. It begins a new year for the Sooners and for me too.

Today's beer: Founders Breakfast Stout. So good once it warms up a bit. You don't want to drink this brew or really any dark brews cold right out of the fridge. Cup the glass in your hand and warm it up a bit. The coffee and chocolate flavors will really start to come out.

Everyone makes new year resolutions although I assume there is no possibility in keeping them. This I also assume is not deliberate but merely a product of lack of a plan for the days that get in the way of these pseudo promises to ourselves. So how do we keep these resolutions in check? Here are a few tips.

1. Get a plan
2. Get a buddy for accountability
3. Have a specific goal/outcome that is truly achievable. Vague goals give poor results.
4. Make sure it has easy parts for those "in the way" days.
5. Preplan one day off a week/month to help with burn out
6. Write it in lipstick right smack in the middle your bathroom mirror for one month.
Clean it off and re-write it in a different color for another month. Do this every month.
7. Have an awesome reward at the end. Something you really want.

My resolutions this year are:
1. Write once a week or more. There should be at least 52 more posts on here this time next year.
2. Reach my weight goal by March and keep it through the summer.
3. Increase my photography sales by 10% by sharing and showing more

For the past few weeks, I have been working on Project: One Week in Colorado. So far I have a slide show of over 1800 images cut down from over 8000. This project will span at least 12 years of images I have taken on my family's annual summer trip to Creede, Colorado, a tradition that started well before I was born. It's massive and it's meant to be. My computer doesn't like it one bit. Here are 15 images, with at least one from each year as a teaser. This project is not 1800 photos that would be hung in a gallery. They are images of my hikes and Jeep trips, family pics, images of a place that changes year to year. Some years were green and some were black after the fires. Some years the creeks are full and others just a trickle. I love Colorado and this last summer was my 40th year to go. It was also the first year that my parents didn't get to go. There will be a lot of pictures that no one has ever seen.

Here's a little bit of what's been going on with my photography this year. 

Currently Reading:
A Beautiful Anarchy - When the Life Creative Becomes the Life Created by David DuChemin

Upcoming and Past Events

Upcoming
Oct 7-8 2017 Sat/Sun - Medicine Park Art Walk & Flute Fest, Medicine Park, OK
Oct 13, 2017 Friday - 50 Penn Place Opening Night, OKC, OK
Oct 21, 2017 Saturday - Edmond Art Assn Fall Show and Sell, Edmond, OK
December 1, 2017 Friday - First Friday in the Paseo @ Prairie Arts Collective OKC, OK

Recent Past
Sept 8, 2017 Friday - 50 Penn Place Opening Night, OKC, OK
August 11, 2017 Friday - 50 Penn Place Opening Night, OKC, OK
July 14, 2017 Friday - 50 Penn Place Opening Night, OKC, OK
June 24th, 2017 Saturday - 3rd Annual ArtWalk Duncan, Duncan, OK
May 13, 2017 Saturday -  Edmond Art Assn. Spring Show and Sell, Edmond, OK
May 5-7, 2017 Weekend - Downtown Edmond Arts Festival, Edmond, OK
April 7, 2017 Friday - "Bloom" - First Friday in the Paseo @ Prairie Arts Collective, OKC, OK
March 4, 2017 Saturday- Ignite Arts Festival @ Harding Fine Arts Academy, OKC, OK
February 10, 2017 Friday- 50 Penn Place Opening Night, OKC, OK
February 3, 2017 Friday- Paseo Arts Assn. Members Show , OKC, OK
November 5, 2016 Saturday- Edmond Art Assn Fall Show and Sell, Edmond, OK

Awards
People's Choice  - Artwork Duncan 2017
Honorable Mention - Edmond Art Assn. - 2017 Spring Show and Sell
Artist's Choice - Edmond Art Assn. - 2017 Spring Show and Sell
Merit Award - Edmond art Assn. - 2016 Fall Show and Sell