Summer 2009 Exhibits

My art will be featured in two gallery shows in July and August of this year.

Showcase Gallery
South Coast Plaza Village
3851 South Bear Street
Suite B-15
Santa Ana, CA

This is The Artist's Eye Juried Show presented by Orange County Fine Arts. The painting featured is "Orchid at Sherman Gardens. The show runs from June 24-July 19. The awards reception is July 7 from 5-7 p.m.

California State University Fullerton Grand Central Art Center Presents
Erase Stigma: An Arts Festival Celebrating Mental Health Awareness
The Exhibit runs from July 11-August 23, 2009. Four of my paintings are likely to be included in this show. They are paintings not found on this blog. The Mental Healthy Community Reception will be Saturday, July 18 from 4-8 p.m.

Grand Central is located at:
125 N. Broadway
Santa Ana, CA 92701

I will likely be working at Grand Central during the show on Tuesdays from 11-2:30. I will both be guarding the work and painting.

Hope to see you there!

March Update

Dear Friends,

My blog has been inactive for six months. I've had some technical difficulties with my scanner and frankly I've been a bit uninspired to do updates. I am still painting and teching art. I'm in a beginning Saturday AM painting class and I love it. Most of the students are using oil but I'm using gouache (thick water based paint). The class teaches basic techniques which I need.

I'm also helping to teach an arts and crafts class for elementary school students at the local museum. This is a fun an creative way to serve the community.

Mental health wise, I'm the best that I've been in years. I'm exercising three or four times a week and my Recovery Inc. group is going great. I'm also off anti-anxiety medication. Overall, I feel wonderful.

More art soon, I promise

- LMS

Black and White Sunflower

Here is a sunflower I took a photo of in early June at the Fullerton Arboretum.

Backyard Sunflowers

Here are a couple of sunflowers in the backyard that my daughter and I planted. I plan to make paintings of them. The photos were taken with Fuji 400 Professional. I still love 35 mm Film.

Chagall Angel

This is something I painted in Watercolor class yesterday and finished at home. I like it very much.

Baja Sunset

This photo was taken by my friend Chloe Jones on a recent whale watching trip in Baja. I will try to paint this amazing sunset in watercolor.

Cartoon By 4th Grader