Wyoming Art Assc. Awards

Melodie Christensen won BEST of SHOW at the Convention. She deserves it, a great piece. Called Eye to Eye and won blue in the THEME catagory of "A Picture Paints a Thousand Words" and is in watercolor. One happy lady.
My little teapot won 2nd in the miniature division and another of mine won 3rd. Also my painting of Yellowstone Falls will be going to Washington DC to one of Wyomings congressional members offices.
All in all we had a great time.

Wyoming Art Association Convention

"Sticks and Stones" pen and ink of mountain stream in the Big Horn Mountains.

The Wyoming Art Assc. Convention starts tomorrow and will be in Cody again this year. I am looking forward to it. Met lots of great artists from around Wyoming. Next year I believe it will be in Big Piney, a place I have never been so I hope to get to go. Tomorrow night is the Quick Draw and I hope to participate.

ABSAROKA Movie Shot in and near Cody

A couple of months ago I and a couple of friends got to be extras in a short movie shot here. A short version of it is on the internet now to be voted on in the Wyoming Short Film Contest. I landed on the cutting room floor but if you look fast you can see Robin. Plus I am in the credits. Ah well, my big acting career. Can not tell you how much fun this was. Any Codyites will probably see other they recognize.
Please go to the link below and see the movie and vote..

http://www.wyomingshortfilmcontest.com/entries#41797
And vote. Also some other short films on there to look at. The two pieces of artwork above are about the film. One is Gem Mountain that is west of Cody on the North Fork of the Shoshone. The first part of the movie was shot there. The last part was at Old Trail Town on the West Strip of Cody. The other a pencil sketch of the two main actors.

ARTINI A big Success

Robin and I went to the Artini Festival last night. Was alot of fun. They had a big crowd and should have done very well. Robin sampled all the maratinis while I sampled all the food. All was wonderful. I did have a couple of samples of the martinis that were mixed with everything emaginable, from ice cream, fruit, chocolate, you name it.
My little picture sold on silent auction. Was pleased with that.

The photo shown here are the two martine glasses that Robin and I painted. She did the one with olives, raspberries and other things, mine was just raspberries.

"ARTINI" event at the Terrace in Cody

Artini is an event put on by the Terrace Supper Club and the Park County Arts Council. The main event is a Bartender contest with thier recipes for martinis and the artists created artwork about martinis. I think it will be alot of fun. It is Saturday April 17. The picture is my entry. I photographed it myself so it does not show up to good. A friend and I are painting on a couple of martini glasses. We will see how they come out. Come have a martini

Home from Great Falls and Western Heritage Show

Spent a week in Great Falls and enjoyed it as usual. We did have people through. I have done better in past years but can not complain, came out okay. I also won first place in Drawing in the lobby show.

Western Heritage Show in Great Falls, MT

This painting is called High Stepper and is done in Colored pencil. This great little horse thinks he is a thouroughbred and whos to question him..
I am off to Great Falls in the morning. The Western Heritage Show starts Wed, March 17 and runs through Sunday. I am in room 207 this year. Anyone in Great Falls come and see me. I will be in the Quick Draw on Thursday night. Always a good time and hope we have lots of people through