Hill Design + Gallery featured in luxe.interiors + design

My painting Agave Forest II, from my Agave Series is pictured in the 7/16/2012 edition of luxe. interiors + design ad for Hill Design + Gallery!  All originals are on view and available for collection from Hill Design + Gallery. These images are fabulous at a large size.  They are positively luminous on metal.

My Three Prickly Pears finshied and hung in Austin Art Space Gallery!

There is something so wonderful about putting the signature on a finished painting and hanging in the public view.

I have known artists who form emotional attachments to their work, and don't really want to sell them, but since I recently stepped over the "100 paintings" mark, (some wise artist once told me that you couldn't complain about not selling until you had completed 100 paintings...but we certainly don't want over a 100 paintings hanging around the house do we?) my next task is to find galleries and a good art rep.

So once a painting is properly documented, I will happily send it out into the world, hopefully to find a good home.  All of my work from the past year has begun it's life in the world, at Austin Art Space Gallery, in Austin,TX. From there they circulate around a number of venues, including a couple of area galleries. Enough of my work was purchased this past year to pay the rent and give me a reason to keep making more, but as all artists must, I have to expand.  Any ideas, hints, tips, words of wisdom on how to get the product to the market more effectivley?

Organzation for the creative mind?

After a couple of days out and about, I've returned to my studio to find myself surrounded by paintings in various stages of completion. Many of these were started at demonstrations, and some for upcoming shows.

First I have to "clear the decks" so I can find my way into the space. I call this the puttering phase of the process.  I would really like to have an art slave to do this for me..perhaps a muse of sorts.

The Texas skyscapes will be the first ones to get my attention...something so soothing about blending with Chroma Interacitves pigments and mediums.  One thing for sure-I'm never lacking in ideas and inspiration for subject matter.  I like to keep a lot of "irons in the fire" so if one goes cold I can roll onto the next.  I'll post each painting as it completes.
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