Don’t They Look GREAT!?! I am so excited to see my art on display. Thanks Jason Horejs for the photos. If you are driving through town please stop at Xanadu Gallery Pinetop, AZ to chat with Jason and see all of the art on display. Pinetop is a wonderful mountain town, with summer and winter […]
I have had a service dog from Canine Companions for Independence for 20 years. From their start CCI has provided helpers for people with physical limitations. Five years ago they also began the Wounded Warriors program to provide helpers to returning veterans. In 2013 my friend, Dan Keplinger, invited me to join his next show
One of my purposes in creating art and being an artist is to let people know what a man in a wheelchair can do. Children are so open to new ideas and can learn very early to accept differences. I had so much fun showing these kids how I paint and watching them all have
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Great article. This is still very relevant in 2018 and design has started to shift in this direction. From Tara Mastroeni August 11, 2015: Too often in interior design, we see wall art treated as an afterthought. It’s what gets dealt with last, long after the final coat of paint has dried on the walls and all
This video shows my process to get ready to paint! Do you who want to see how a disabled hard hat painter can do what I do? My studio is unique because it has to work for me and I have cerebral palsy. I can’t paint with my hands, so I use a hard hat with
By Donald Ryker I recently heard that things you place in your home “disappear” to your eye within 21 days. You place that decoration, or even stack of mail etc on the counter and as time goes by you stop registering that it is there. This is exactly the opposite affect we want with artwork.
Curator, Preston Metcalf, visits my studio My artwork was on display at the Triton Museum of Fine Art in 2017. I was featured with other disabled artists for the Triton Museum of Fine Art ArtsAbled Exhibition. Preston Metcalf, the Curator for Trition Museumm of Fine Art, came to my studio to select the work he
