Vermont Covered Bridge Destruction - my Taftsville CV paintings

Covered bridges are one of my favorite painting subjects. It was sad to see via all sorts of media, that several Vermont covered bridges, including the Bartonsville bridge (the longest in the state) were destroyed or heavily damaged by Hurricane Irene. I have a photo or two of the Bartonsville bridge and will be doing a couple of paintings of it.
One that withstood a lot of punishment but was damaged was the Taftsville covered bridge, a favorite of mine. I've done 3 paintings of it and have pictures I've taken to do one or two more. It a very picturesque bridge with a man-mad waterfall/dam just above it. Google the bridge to check out the damage. Here are my 3 Taftsville paintings. One is early in my painting career and looks that way. I'm adding one of a bridge I cant identify. Enjoy my tribute to the covered bridges of Vermont.

Quote: The true work of art is but a shadow of the divine perfection.
::: Michelangelo :::

Interesting Article - From Artbizblog - Enlisting Help in Promoting Your Art

Very good article. The suggestion to send thank you notes to the venue that displayed your art is one I will implement in the future. I will also send one to past venues and reporter friends who did articles on me.

http://www.artbizblog.com/2011/08/enlist-help.html?utm_source=feedblitz&utm_medium=FeedBlitzEmail&utm_content=43035&utm_campaign=0
http://www.artbizblog.com/2011/08/enlist-help.html?utm_source=feedblitz&utm_medium=FeedBlitzEmail&utm_content=43035&utm_campaign=0

Quote: All true artists, whether they know it or not, create from a place of no-mind, from inner stillness.
::: Eckhart Tolle :::

New painting - Tire Swing in Summer - Maine

here's my lastest painting as of August 27th, 2011. There's a hurrican bearing down on the NYC area. Pray that my trees stay up.

This is titled: Tire Swing in Summer - Maine. Its a view of the tire swing on my brother's farm in Maine this Summer. Please visit my merchandising sites (Fineartamerica, Zazzle, etc) to purchase mugs, postcards, prints, etc with this image on them.

Its a companion piece to my Tire Swing in Winter - Maine painting and there will be more in this series. My sister-in-law Julie is taking pictures all thru the year. Maybe next one will be in the Fall

quote: “Art is much less important than life, but what a poor life without it.” Robert Motherwell

New Merchandising site - Cafepress (a work in progress)

I've added another merchandising site to my repetoire - Cafepress. I've only got two paintings set up - my Bailey Island and Cherry Trees - the Sketcher paintings. I'm just figuring out how to use it, so it wll be awhile before everything is up. Please Check it out! Thanks.

http://www.cafepress.com/ArtofJackMcKenzie


quote: No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would cease to be an artist. ~Oscar Wilde

Next Library Show - Park Ridge Library in September.

I've been setting up further library shows and my next one is at the Park Ridge, NJ Library. Here's their website.

http://parkridge.bccls.org/


Its a small library that shares the building with the borough hall. They have a very flexible program, basically you can stay there until someone else want to display. There is a photographer there right now who's been there since May and I will set up when she removes her stuff.
The library does a lot to help promote the show, putting it in the local media, website and newsletter. The 2 spaces are interesting, too. One is the entrance hallway that it shares with the town hall. It will hold about twenty six paintings using standard display method and is accessible even when the library is closed. The second is in the library and is called The Mystery Room since it holds all the Mystery Books. Here you just put them on top of the book shelves and lean them against the wall.
The Librarian, Ellen Evans, was very helpful. Stay tuned for the opening date.

Just opened - my Cardsbyjackmck store on Zazzle - notecards and postcards

Here's another opportunity to purchase items based on my paintings - my CardsbyJackMck "store" on Zazzle.com. Please visit and possibly buy one or two!
This will also be in my merchandising section.

http://www.zazzle.com/cardsbyjackmck


Quote: Art is making something out of nothing and selling it. Frank Zappa

Please visit "The Art Page of Jack Mckenzie" on Facebook.

I finally put up my artist page on Facebook. Here's the link. It will alos be listed on the side of the blog

https://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/The-Art-Page-of-Jack-Mckenzie/266037300075753