ARTIST CONNECTED EXHIBITION


As part of the connection we have developed with a group of international artists from around the world Patrick Miller and myself are taking part in an exhibition of fine art.

The exhibition will be held at the BREWHOUSE ART GALLERIES in Burton-Upon-Trent in Staffordshire England.

It opens on October 20th and runs until November 17th 2007...... more information as it becomes available.



BEE GONE!


All week and all weekend i have not been able to stop thinking about both the implications and the evidence of the Bee Population collapse..... a huge disaster on so many levels........

the silence in the spring blossoms is the loudest quiet herald of the disaster in our world and i am sure the silence is spreading.



PAINTINGS WITHIN PAINTINGS

One of the things that is so hard for me to express to you all is the difference between the 'digitalised' image of one of my paintings ...... and the real thing.....as in how it appears in the flesh.

The greatest impediment to this is both including the texture and the extra element you have heard me talk about...... which i refer to as the 'Painting within Paintings'.......

Tonight while experimenting AGAIN i finally hit upon a formula that can show you a little of what I mean.

I am so incredibly happy ..... just from a personal perspective ...
I have waited a long time for this and i can begin to pull the whole thing of darkness and light together....... i have so many ideas sometimes its hard to express it without being able to share the fundamental DIFFERENCE between what you see in the photo and the experience of the painting......

I would be interested to know what you think?

BY DAY....... THE PAINTING..............





CONTEMPORARY ABSTRACT TRIBAL...............





by night............









Please leave a comment about what you think of the art.

DRAGON MOON RISING


A wonderfully talented artist friend of mine Linda Caroline Nelson has illustrated a fantasy book for young people featuring DRAGONS....... Called DRAGON MOON RISING.........

Dragon Moon Rising is now available online at
www.amazon.com, www.borders.com, www.alibris.com, www.target.com, and www.abebooks.com.
Dragon Moon Rising is fantasy fiction for people ages 10 and up written By Daniel Thomas O'Connor..............

"Planet Derkesthai; Continent Tlivus; the date is September 2nd of the year 58,273 D.R. (Dragon Reckoning); 6:15P.m.; Day I... To Jos, dragons represent all that is evil. They epitomize the loss and pain he has experienced in his lifetime of enslavement. That is, until he meets Lessiam. Can one lad and his beast of a friend be the spark that ignites the full flames of widespread rebellion--a rebellion that could mean a return of peace and harmony to the dying people of Derkesthai?"



Linda is the Illustrator and her wonderful dragon art is sympathetic to the storyline....... have a look at her work and BUY A COPY for yourself and a young person in your life............

I am!

Zazzle Cards for Mothers Day by Wendy Bandurski-Miller







A friend of mine in discussing the up and coming mothers day commented that he recieved mothers day cards on mothers day as he takes on BOTH roles in his childrens life......and i thought that i bet theres a lot of people out there that we need to CELEBRATE this mothers day with WHOEVER they are......in the mothering role. As a single mother i know i always got the Fathers day cards........and as a teacher i also MADE the cards with the kids in the class suited to their home life..... so there were kids who had no mum at home/mother figure and we made the cards "to Dad Happy Mothers day" .... but it was steves mentioning of it that prompted me into action to choose an image...... so I salute you Steve Hester for this great idea...... i know as a single parent for many years how challenging and lonely a role it can be.... it takes a certain strength of character to go it alone.... i believe we all need to both support and celebrate mothers.....and fathers as mothers too. Redreaming Motherhood......