by artbydjh | Jul 12, 2016 | New Work
Much of my work has some degree of texture based purely on my painting style; straight out of the tube (no thinners) and often applied with a palette knife. I’ve also worked with a lot of different texture mediums or additives to create different looks or moods within...
by artbydjh | May 23, 2016 | New Work
I’ve recently done a bit of traveling to where I didn’t bring all of my art gear. I selected just a few tubes of paint, my tools and a pad of canvas paper. This was time meant only to play and explore, not to create any form of a finished product. What an AWESOME...
by artbydjh | Apr 30, 2016 | Gallery Exhibitions, New Work
May 6-8 th is the Spring Unveiling Arts Festival. The theme for this years’ group show is “Wild Spirit, Conservation for life…Raising funds through the arts”. This year also marks DragonFire Gallery’s 15 th year in business and because of that milestone anniversary...
by artbydjh | Apr 28, 2016 | Gallery Exhibitions, New Work
Above are two of five new paintings that I’ve recently dropped off at DragonFire Gallery in preparation for the Spring Unveiling Arts Festival. This is the sixteenth year of Cannon Beach Gallery Group’s city wide event, happening May 6-8 th. I’ll be in the gallery,...
by artbydjh | Apr 13, 2016 | New Work
While demonstrating in a gallery this past Feb, I was surprised how many people (including gallery employees) were surprised that I consider myself a palette knife painter. My methods with the knife aren’t always traditional, so it’s not ‘obvious’ that I mainly use a...
by artbydjh | Mar 24, 2016 | Gallery Exhibitions, New Work
I did this a bit backwards! Recently I shared an ‘artist spotlight’ that UGallery had put together about my work, but then I realized… OOPS… that’s the first that I had mentioned them. About a month back I applied to be a UGallery artist. For those who aren’t...
