Being an artist gives me the opportunity to go places that I’ve never been.  It’s a great feeling to be able to go to some part of the country I’ve never been before and not be a stranger.  Even if I’m not making sales, I can sit around at a slow show and make friends with the artists around me. It’s a great feeling to open a newspaper, or magazine and see your friends and their artwork in it.  I love looking at all the work of the artists I have met along the way on my own wall, or on the wall of some random restaurant or public space in some faraway place or close by.  It makes you feel like part of something much larger.  The best thing about being an artist and knowing other artists is that through the distribution of their art, the spirit of all these amazing people show up all over the place, and change your experience of the place you find it.  This weekend I will be in my hometown of Hoover, Alabama at the Moss Rock Festival, please come out and see us!  I'll be there with my friends Donna DiGiorgio, Jeff Wells & Pam Hamby, Gyl Turner, Chad Moore, David Nuttall and more!  November 1-2, 10 AM-5 PM.

Hey Folks, I got some great stuff cooking in the studio, feel free to contact me if you ever want to pop in and see what I got.  I'll be at the Red Barn Premier Invitational Art Show (http://theredbarnfoundation.org/?p=1804) in Leeds on May 10th, Arts Alive! in Downtown Florence Alabama May 17-18 (http://www.artsalivealabama.com/), And Art in the Gardens on June 21-22 at Aldridge Gardens in Hoover Alabama (http://aldridgegardens.com/home.html).  Hope to see you all real soon.

Come See me Thursday for Blues, Libations and, of course, Folk Art!

A Jammin' Autumn!

The Monte Sano Arts Festival in Huntsville was a great show!

Despite the collapsed tent and the pouring rain.  

Of course, I met some great people and saw some old friends, and my parents finally got to see me in my element.

Christmas is coming up soon and it's never too early to start stocking up on some one of a kind hand made gifts while supporting your local arts scene! 

Here’s my Fall line up, hope to see y'all in the next few weeks!!

           

September 28^th:  The Old 280 Fall Boogie,  Waverly AL.  An all day music festival out near Auburn

October 7^th:  Hot Strings Festival, Colonial Brookwood Village, Mountain Brook, AL.  Bluegrass Festival fundraiser for The Foundry

October 12^th:  Art and Music on the Green, Ross Bridge, Hoover, AL.  Arts and Music with lots of Beer Wine and Food tastings!!

November 2-3^rd: Moss Rock Festival, at The Preserve in Hoover, AL.  2 Day art and Music Festival

It's going to be a busy Autumn, I hope to see Y'all real soon! 

Birmingham Art Walk was great! now on to Leeds

Thanks Birmingham!  Art Walk was a huge success!  I met some great people and had a great time.  Luckily, the rain stayed away!  The event staff was so accommodating and helpful!  A special thanks to Joy, Heather, John and Chuck for all their help (and purchases)!  Next weekend Sept 15-16 is the Leeds Downtown Folk Festival which is a great down home event.  Looking forward to the Dixieland Jazz Band and all the wonderful art.  If you missed me at Art Walk, or saw something that you just had to have, come see me in Leeds! 

Hope to see you at Artwalk 2012: September 7-8

Artwalk 2012 will take place Friday, September 7 from 5-10 pm and Saturday, September 8 from noon-6 p.m. in Birmingham's historic loft district on Morris, 1st and 2nd Avenues North between 22nd and 25th Streets.

My new line: Musical chairs! Old chairs with custom paint job makes a great addition to your music room, front porch or a gift for your finger picker.  No arms on the chair allows plenty of elbow room!  This classic ladder back chair is the quintessential addition to your southern folk art collection.  I have several more ladder backs, a spindle back and an old school chair in the studio waiting for paint.  This particular piece has a primitive blues theme. starting at $325.00