You're Invited!

Hey everyone! Here I'm posting the invite for a show I'm having at the Art and Light Gallery downtown on August 1st and 2nd. It'll be an exciting night with many new pieces exhibited--looking forward to seeing each one of you there! ;)

sketches

Some random sketches for fun...:)

Sublimite: A night of the Arts!

Sublimite: the French translation for transcendence. We're anticipating an elegant evening of fine art, poetry, and music, celebrating the beauty and transcendence of life expressed through the arts. The night will include an art exhibition featuring the works of Jessica Libor, original poetry by Louretta Landon, and classical works performed by harpist Nichole Rohrbach.
I'll have approximately 20 works on display at the Paris Cafe during this month, so feel free to stop in and enjoy. The show opening is April 8th, at 7:00, at the Paris Cafe in on 116 North Main Street; don't miss the amazing poetry of Louretta Landon and the skills of harpist Nichole Rohrbach on that night. Thanks to the Paris Cafe for hosting this event so graciously.

Below is a sample of Louretta's inspired and brilliant poetry, written when she was in Thailand. But this is only a taste. Come the 8th for the rest!

Song of Thailand
By Louretta Landon

I stand before the blast of sun
And Scorching grasses that rise about me,
As some displaced silver birch.
And the gritty red beneath my feet
is kind and warm.
And roosters crow and Brahmin low.

And out of the brown and dusty dirt
rise Cracked and Furrowed faces
that smile at me and offer love.
And worn-out backs fold in respect,
As a stream of Lyrical tongue
Melts with the hum whir of the crickets.

If I stand on this rooftop,
Can my thoughts stretch as glittering far
As the panoply of shingle-tin before me?
The heat of the day soaks up from the
Grasses far below. And takes a hold
of my balcony.

Over wind-blown fields of Jasmine rice,
And the straw-hat heads of field workers,
A great calm sways like woven hammocks
beneath the stilt-raised houses.
There hang the oily-orange robes of monks
like any other washing out to dry.

Marketplace of eastern life,
Give up your spicy aromatics and
Orchids, blue and pink and laughing.
Silks woven by centuries-old fingers,
Wrap your stories around my arms
And embrace me as your daughter.

Spring Awakening

On March 7, I was privileged to be a part of the March show, "Spring Awakening" at the Art and Light Gallery in Greenville, SC. Thanks to all involved for your help, and especially to Teresa Roche, the gallery owner. It was a delight working with the Art and Light gallery, and a pleasure to see my work in such a unique and lovely gallery space! The piece I exhibited at Art and Light was a large oil painting of a verdant landscape entitled "Anew," pictured above on the far right.

Thanks!

Thanks to everyone who attended my art show Valentine's day, February 14, "The Beauty of One: Celebrating the Beauty of the Individual." It was an absolutely lovely time of good conversation, laughter, art and refreshments. It was a delight to spend time with you all, and a pleasure to meet those who stopped by. Thanks again!

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Glenn Harrington is one of the most amazing artists I've seen; his portraits and figurative work goes beyond reality to reach for something that becomes art--arresting us with an image more beautiful and immortalized than what we see. It's in that kind of reaching for beyond that captures the fleeting essence of an immortal soul with the raw materials of pigment and brushes. Above: Port Red Dress, to the right, Irridescence.

Hey everybody! So I've been wanting to start a blog for a while now...and at the suggestion of several friends, I've officially begun. I'll be posting weekly illustrations and sketches for your own consumption. Feel free to let me know any suggestions for illustrations you'd like to see.