by Gary | Mar 21, 2023 | Uncategorized
Today my dear friend, the other Gary Wayne, helped me rescue my data from a cantankerous hard drive… ornery cuss wasn’t giving up the goods without a fight. I have been scolded to begin showing some of my own efforts here instead of always featuring the...
by Gary | Mar 17, 2023 | Uncategorized
Carroll Cloar (Arkansan), “Hostile Butterflies,” acrylic. Imagine a blank white canvas before you. Then you splatter drops of diluted color randomly on the surface, an “imprimatura.” Then you draw the shapes of the butterflies and the fleeing...
by Gary | Mar 15, 2023 | Uncategorized
Jacek Yerka (Polish), “Strawberry Tree.” Strawberries are vines, not trees, except in the world of Yerka’s imagination. He loves to create indoor/outdoor spaces. I love that idea and have failed to create it in my own work, yet. Don’t you want...
by Gary | Mar 12, 2023 | Uncategorized
Russell Chatham, “Fall Arkansas River.” The Arkansas River divides my hometowns of Little Rock and North Little Rock (nee Argenta). I was born in Little Rock, but grew up in North Little Rock. My bucket list includes traveling to the source of my river in...
by Gary | Mar 9, 2023 | Uncategorized
Daniel Garber. I love this painting. It reflects the vista I enjoy almost every day. The view from my block in Virginia Heights across the Arkansas River to the bluffs above the former quarry at Emerald Park. The contrasts of light and color are always most brilliant...
by Gary | Mar 1, 2023 | Uncategorized
Seascape by Steve Forster. A key principle of composition is called the Rule of Thirds. Divide the frame into thirds, both horizontally and vertically. Some cameras have this grid built into the viewfinder. Place your subjects or focal points along those lines or at...
