Wood Working Blind

Video – So far I still have ten fingers; so I feel pretty good about that. I like to be hands on with every aspect of my art, and that includes stretching my own canvas, cutting the supports for those, and also cutting and shaping the wooden panels that I paint on when I chose to paint on wood. In the video I show a few of the tools that I use, and how I measure and cut the wood. It’s a short video, but it was a lot of fun to make with Jacqi and Jack!

Hint: If you have trouble with the video playing; just click on it and it will take you to YouTube where it should play more smoothly.

Doug Keeley’s The Mark of a Leader

The typical subjects for the stories that the Mark of a Leader program deals with are people like Oprah, Lance Armstrong, and brands like Apple, Cirque du Soleil and Starbucks so when they said they wanted to incorporate my story into their repretoire I was extremely honored to say the least. I can’t say enough good things about Doug Keeley and The Mark of a Leader pogram. In tying to explain what they do I would say that they are a group of motivational speakers, but what they do is really so much more than that. They incorporate music, video and professional storytellers to not only inpire their audiences, but to entertain them at the same time. What they do is live, but I have posted a clip showing part of one of their talks where Doug Keeley talks a little about yours truly. Thanks Doug!

Here is their website: http://www.themarkofaleader.com/who.html

and here is a blog that Doug Keeley writes: http://themarkofaleader.typepad.com/

Countdown to Summer Shows 3: Rambling

Having some down time while getting ready for the summer shows.

Camping and painting

Quick video of a camping trip, and I also show the supplies I take to paint while camping.

Mother’s Day Art Project

VIDEO: My 2 year old son Jackson and I make a painting for Jacqi to celebrate Mother’s Day! It’s easy and fun to do!

ArtBreak – Blindfolded Painting Workshop

VIDEO – Jacqi and I conducted a painting while bllndfolded workshop at ArtBreak in Shreveport, LA.  where we painted with hundreds of kids over three days. This event is unique in that it involves all of the children in the city in a week long art exhbition. We had a blast!

Countdown to Haley-Henman 2

VIDEO: In this video i’m showing some of the paintings that I am currently working on for the show, and thinking about the direction I need to go for the next few. Also, I’m pretty sure it’s April 27th everywhere not just in Texas – it might be bad form to heckle your own videos, but hey you’ve got to do what you’ve got to do.

Countdown to Haley-Henman!

VIDEO: If you have any comments or suggestions please let me know – this is a real time video blog that will end on July 31st this year at the art show – so if you see something you like or don’t like let me know; your comments will be heard. This blog is a countdown to the Haley-Henman Gallery show in Dallas. I am getting ready for the Haley-Henman summer show and I will be covering every aspect of the preparation – painting the works, selecting pieces that are going into the show, writing artist statements and press releases – everything! Your comments will be very much appreciated because this is most definitely a work in progress!

The painting of Reni

Reni Painting from John Bramblitt on Vimeo.