I typically post my previews a few days ahead of an original art sale, but May has been so busy that this sale snuck up on me! The next original art sale is tomorrow, Wednesday, May 20, 2026, at 1:00 pm Eastern (New York) or noon for presale subscribers.  If you subscribe HERE, you can shop the sale before it opens to everyone else.  (This isn’t a blog subscription.  You will only receive emails with presale information for this and future original art sales.) In this original art sale, I have pieces ranging from some Index Card Art Project landscapes ($65) to a 12 x 16 black lab portrait ($650).  This collection includes still life paintings featuring clementines, blueberries, and cherries.  There are landscapes from Maryland, South Carolina, and England.  And I have a few animal portraits available, including Cotswold cows, sheep, and a couple of dogs. As usual, this

As I shared a couple of weeks ago, I’m heading back to the Lucketts Spring Market as a semi-vendor.  Since my business has changed so much over the past eight years, I’m just testing the waters to see how my original art will sell at that venue.  I’ll be there just one day, Friday, May 15, from 1-4 pm, to do a bit of painting and be available to say hello.  I’m also bringing along some of my original oil paintings to sell.  As is my custom with Lucketts (and my online art sales), I’m posting a preview of the items I’m bringing along with measurements and prices.  I do this so potential buyers have an opportunity to consider the piece without the rush and pressure of the market.  They can consult their significant other, if necessary, their budget, and make sure they have the perfect spot for it.  Since

When you first start a creative endeavor, you’re just trying to do the thing, and you aren’t too worried about what bucket or genre you might fit in. As you grow and start to find your style and voice, you do start to wonder where you fit. When people have asked me to define my art style over the years, I haven’t really been sure how to answer.  I like the impressionists, but my work clearly doesn’t look like a Monet or Degas.  My paintings are more “impressionistic”, though, in that I avoid getting too far in the weeds with detail.  I try to say as much as I can with what I need and no more.  I also usually paint what I see and want my art to look like a painting of a real subject or place.  Even with all the studying and reading I’ve done about art

After working with Jenny Marrs on pet portraits for one of her design clients (you can read about that HERE), the shop manager for Marrs on Main reached out to me about carrying some of my prints in the store.  I was naturally excited about the opportunity, but I had never sold prints directly, so I had a lot of logistics to figure out.    The first step was finding a printer I liked, so I ordered a bunch of print samples from several companies in different finishes to find my favorite.  I compared all of my sample prints (I ordered two of my paintings, one light and one dark, in 5 x 7s of each paper) and selected the one I liked best. Then, I needed to figure out the packaging. Prints are a fairly delicate product.  You don’t want them getting smudged, bent, marked, or wet, so they