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2025- A new year for success

I am looking ahead to local art events as 2025 has just begun . I will attend and get involved in local art organizations as well as displaying and entering in contests.

Join Contests: Biafarin

I have entered the fight against Cancer contest and got into the exhibition. Cancer- Never Give Up

Cancer 2024 never give up
Window of Hope 2024 Pastel on paper- 12×18
Elemental
Elemental was created for a contest on elements of nature

I am about to enter the Light contest as well with recent pastels.

It is a totally different feeling to create specifically for a prompt though it really depends, can I see the image in my mind and if I can will it capture the idea that I am trying to describe. It is a great
challenge and experiment for my creative eye.

I am starting to allow myself the privilege to paint, sketch, create, whatever moves me at the moment without any need to censor. I am better at not censoring my words rather than my art.

I’ve always been skeptical of inspiration by prompt. The inspiration finds its image in its own time and place and does not allow for deadlines or prompting.

Local Involvement

Recently I  joined the Rockwall Art League- =
I haven’t participated but I am excited to start joining and participating in local art causes and events. I had previously  joined the Rowlett- Artist Round Texas and have competed in their plein Air show- Paint Rowlett which I plan on entering this year as well.

The gull image won a purchase prize as well as third place in its category and the horse image was from a previous year and won an honorable mention.

Laughing gulls in black ink on paper
Original ink on paper of laughing gulls-sold -paint Rowlett
Sketch of horse-original art on paper
sketch of horse

Wisdom of Sages:

I have embarked on an exciting journey to find my passion and it can be very overwhelming. I believe with the help of Kira Day from the The Passion Centre Inc.– we might be on to something.

I have already begun writing a new series of poems called The Landlord-Passion Sessions and it is a collection of poems about finding all the different elements in my creativity and allowing them to coexist.

Local Art Involvement

This next Thursday, I will be attending the LBT Gallery at the Tower Club in Dallas. I attended the Dallas Business Council of Arts  Canine Conversations art show and it was very enjoyable event.

 

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Artist Closeup- Feature

My Painting, Dante in Oakland is a Artist Closeup feature in the Contemporary Art Magazine page 103- Check it out.

Artist Closeup Magazine

 

Artist Closeup- Feature-Dantes' Window
Original Oil on canvas: Dantes’ Window

For more stories about California and my time in Oakland CA

A trip to Oakland with my Son

A Solo trip to Oakland California

A Walk through Oakland

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Back to the Canvas

Back to the Canvas

Back to the Canvas
Cat and bird

Today I remember why it’s difficult to pick up painting. Many of the images I’m working on  are from a while ago, they’ve been slowly forming and the original inspiration is a bit foreign at the moment. Today I got back to the canvas.

I tend to start painting by pushing paint instead of painting from inspiration, it is obvious to my subconscious when I am not painting from the right place.

An image becomes clearer when my strokes become autonomous, I don’t have to think about what goes where. Compositions tend to create themselves.

Today, was hit or miss for a while and I fell in and out of the zone. I worked on several paintings and finally got my stride but I realize I have to have my space in order before I start, getting into that subconscious state is interrupted by chaos and disorder, something my writing often benefits from.

I am continually exploring and learning about the creative experience and how the brain processes. As long as I’ve been doing this, it always intrigues me with periods of block and then intense inspiration.

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2018 a Productive Year

Many new avenues of creativity

 

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Original photography by artbygordon and text by artbygordon-image from Lake Ray Hubbard

It’s been a productive year but it’s also been very stressful. Chasing after your passion can be very intimidating, it is not the norm and it doesn’t fit into the stereotypical life.

Many times you are out on the limb but actually you are doing what you always said you would: daring to embrace the extraordinary life. The freedoms I have experienced this year have allowed me to find great bits of nature all around the DFW area.

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Puddle outside in April: Original photography by Artbygordon

2018 I feel like I have truly found my niche. Nature has always been my inspiration but I am find more options for not only the light interaction but abstract patterns. April brought the rain and I was out finding images to capture.

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Original photograph from Parkhill Prairie in Blue Ridge by Artbygordon

I have truly become a solo hiker and have spent much time finding excuses to go back to the places where I used to run insurance appointments. It is a liberating feeling to be able to photograph and explore alone and having much time to reflect on what exactly a photo by Artbygordon looks like.

Light and Describing Its Intricacies

I am increasing my interest in finding light in the bleakest days. There is no time or place where the richness of light speaks to me than when it is unexpected.

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I finally made it to the Frank Buck Zoo. I’ve also had many trips to Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge, Parkhill Prairie, Sulphur River and the Caddo Grasslands in northeast Texas.

Every place I visit I find new nature subjects and learn more about their habits. I watched cliff swallows dig for mud on the sulphur river and watched them build their nests while I searched for fossil Belemites.

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Sulphur River from the river bottoms, original photography by artbygordon

This whole year has been a learning and growing experience for me, staying up to date with video, graphics and even 3D imaging, I continue to grow my craft while exploring avenues in Photography.

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I Illustrated my first children’s book with R.L. Clayton. I have also worked with a local leader to get her marketing materials for her new church she is gathering: It has truly been a blessing as I continue to grow my small but loyal group of clients.

Blue Bonnets in the Spring

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Ennis Bluebonnet Festival original photography by artbygordon

I got back to the Bluebonnet trails in Ennis and the bluebonnets were quite amazing. It’s amazing how many people go down to see the spectacle, the hardest task was not to let the people steal the show. It was a wonderful afternoon.

April and May were busy as I continued to work freelance while traveling to places to gather photography. The brand is growing and I am developing the look and feel of the site.

Nature Remains my Muse

The one thing that has never changed and will never change is my interest and passion for nature. It is my solace and keeps me grounded. I am planning on traveling much more in 2019.

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