Montclair Show ends - everyone loved the paintings, but....

Today I took down my paintings at the Montclair Librray show. I talked to Linda Welch, the woman I worked with there, that every loved the paitings. The local arts editor seems to have liked them. When I was taking the paintings down, the HVAC guy said how much he liked the paintings. He also said he was working nearby one day and there was an accident, but fortuneatly "the accident" went down a wall with no paintings. My comments book was full of great comments. -
One praised the way I shaded the subject matter, iwasn't too harsh
Another said I inspired them to paint again
another complimented me on "Very sensitive capturing of the subject matter - wonderful color sense"
Anothe liked my Warwick barn paintings. Said they're from that area and know those barns
Also got advise on have to make gray - red, blue and yellow to make shades of gray
Very encouraging!
 I just wish someone would have bought something.  Hopefully that will come!

Interesting article - 10 things an artist should not do on Facebook

Good article  from Artpromotivate. Many of us have art pages on FB and some great advise here. One that may be obvious but apparently not if its listed here: Dont delete you photos after posting on FB
Dont do on Facebook

new painting: Esopus Meadows Lighthouse - Hudson River

This is the second in my series of Husdon River Lighthouse paintings. This one is the Esopus Meadows Lighthouse also know as "Maid of the Meadows". Here's the link to the lighthouse's website Esopus Meadows Lighthouse.  I had some trouble with all the railing details, trying to get them to stand out, so I left the some of the black underpainting show to get them to stand out a bit. It looks sloppier than I want it to be, but I feel its finished. The mountains in the background are the Catskills near Kingston, NY. I go to a Christian family camp in the Adirondacks and when I see this particular section of the Catskills from the New York State Thruway, I know I'm half way there. This is from a photo I took while on a Hudson River Cruise with my church group. Maybe purchase from the Zazzle site a  Bag or a mug or check out my merchandising section at the top of the blog  for items from my other paintings

Reposting my 9/11 Poem - Paper and Dust

Paper and Dust

By Jack Mckenzie

Dedicated to Alan Jensen

 (in the beat poet format)

The planes flew in

The towers crashed

The steel piled high

Leaving clouds of paper and dust

Paper and dust

Paper and dust

The people gasp

The Towers descend

A cloud produced

rushing crowds hide, try escape from..

Paper and dust

Paper and dust

The lower city enveloped

In clouds of dust

And blizzard of paper

The lady in the river sadly watching...

Paper and dust

Paper and dust

The dust produced

By the crushing force

Of steel on non-steel

Concrete, chairs, desks, people

Paper and dust

Paper and dust

The heroes rush in

To do as trained

They save many, but

Only to become part of the rain of...

Paper and dust

Paper and dust

White leaves swirling

From a no-longer tree

sailing across the rivers

The coming of a deadly Fall of …

Paper and dust

Paper and dust

An invoice for stock

Locked in a desk

Now waving in a bush

A glimpse of someone’s end in..

Paper and dust

Paper and dust

Darkening the sky

Sifting into everywhere

A gray snowscape

the delicate destroyed, hard to breathe...

Paper and dust

Paper and dust

A gray snowscape

No snowballs formed

No snowmen built

Just madmen’s work, marked by...

Paper and dust

Paper and dust

The people trudge along

Wearing coats of gray

Vehicles race by

Raising clouds to be re-fought

Paper and dust

Paper and dust

New papers appear

Images of the lost

Posted all about

Have you seen them, or are they...

Paper and dust

Paper and dust

Some were late

Others in pain

But the too-many dead

Can sadly only be found in the...

Paper and dust

Paper and dust

Candles are lit

Prayers are given

Thank you’s are voiced

The stunned begin to shake off the...

Paper and dust

Paper and dust

A people attacked

A challenge given

A flag is raised

A determination to rise out of…

Paper and dust

Paper and dust

The Red Bubble site posts my Tire Swing painting on home page

Every  day or so, the Red Bubble web site posts a number of paintings from different artists on their home page to show the wide variety of works available there. My Tire Swing in Winter - Maine painting was posted this today. Check it out before it goes
http://www.redbubble.com/found?utm_campaign=published_to_found&utm_medium=email&utm_source=RB

and here's the painting itself

a found poster - I Am An Artist......

My Montclair Libray show in the Montclair Patch

A patch is an online newspaper dedicated to the town in its name. Montclair has one and I put my show in the library in its event section. Here it is - Montclair Patch events

Good article - how to handle, care for paintings

Came across this article by Graham Matthews on Artpromotivate on the care and handling of the artwork (in this case paintings) that you produce. I'm very guilty of a few of these tips. Check them out!
How to handle, care for paintings