Resting in the Planning

it's been seeeloooow in the photo.paint camp lately .. a very much needed, yet odd kind of break from the veracity that has been going on for the last several years .. trying to come up with some new approaches, doing some art for miles' room and a coupla other commissioned pieces .. overall, it nice to ebb and flow when i want to do some work in the studio .. stay tuned ..

Healing 9-11-01 Via Art

My loverly wife Caroline had a very profound notion the other night about all of my cityscape paintings I have been doing lately .. she said it was my way of coping or healing after 9-11 and she's very right .. I wouldn't have ever consciously jumped into window frame scenes with city scapes as some healing mechanism to that day that likely scarred us all in ways our subconscious won't full let on about .. but, maybe I found the healthiest way my brain could find to come to that grand healing conclusion about a damned bad day around this country .. but, I was actually in Venice, Italy that day and didn't get home until a week later .. but, the pangs hit me in a very profound, yet different way .. at any rate, it was a good assessment of a nice series .. cheers ..

Slight Emmy Win

In a very small, almost minute way, I was a part of an Emmy win the other day with my work through Current.Tv. The station picked up the award for “Outstanding Creative Achievement in Interactive Television” and I was a small part of that with my Kansas Flooding piece that aired through July. Currently, I am trying to see if my 'Travel Photo.Paint' piece gets aired as well. No word yet, but for all of you voting and pulling for it, it's all well worth it. Tune in and enjoy it out there, kids ..

More Travel News .. The Spreading

One of your pics is going to Ireland later this month. One was dropped in Sydney, Australia over the summer. I haven't gotten to check on the other yet, but one was suposed to go to Hawaii too. - Lori, Kansas City Troop Leader

I'm headed to Calgary, Alberta, Canada in mid-October and will be in Livonia (Detroit), MI, too, early that month. Send me several items because I'll be all over the country for work the next many months. Glad to help.

- Brian, Blue Springs, MO

This morning I ran into a friend while having coffee. He told me he'd received an email from a friend of his asking him to check out a web site that linked him to video documentary that included a photo of my neighbor Dan, who he went to highschool with...got all that? Six degrees of separation, as always, led me to your the details of your project and I'd like to get involved! I travel here and there, but I have friends in faraway places that I think would get a kick out of your project. How can I get involved?
- Abby, Midtown Kansas City, MO

business more art business?

Just wanted you to know that the Business Council for the Arts just had a meeting here at the firm and David spoke about how great the experience was to have your art here. I am hopeful the name recognition will lead to more Now Showing interest. Later. - King Tim

Commisionner & The Lateness

just found out the other day that in my insanity to move and such in june/july, I missed the application to the unplaza art fair .. a bit chagrined about this becuase it was a very nice festival to be a part of .. but, they got my new coordinates - so next year will work out fine .. also, I think I may be on my way to doing another commissioned piece of work for the school district I work in .. it's a thing called 'circle of courage' .. i enjoy the paint and pleasure of the commissioned work - we'll see .. the work continues to begin again .. cheers ..

New Mexico Drops

Are you still accepting folks who want to leave art wherever they travel? We're going to Santa Fe, NM and Albuquerque Weds for 5 days and would be proud to drop off/document your project. - B

Vote 'Yes' For My Art

I have finally produced and uploaded what I would consider a well-rounded overview of the travel photo.paint project via video/sound/pics. This piece has been posted on http://www.current.tv/ for consideration to be aired nationally .. in the meantime, you can vote on this piece by clicking on this link - Click here to view and vote - and in the meantime, i'm readying myself to rid this self-imposed exile from the easel and begin throwing some paints around .. stay tuned and thanks for your continued support .. cheers ..

Show Feedbacker ..

Hey Joey - Finally got down to Coffee Girls this weekend. The show looks amazing! This skyline series is (as you said) T-A-S-T-E-E and it's so fun to see them all in a nice row - like taking a giant postcard tour of the city and beyond. Hope you and your familia are doing well. Hi to you all - judi

Art Alternate

I got word from the Westport Art Fair coordinator that I'm an alternate for the fair that is coming up in September. Kind of feel like I'm back on the baseball team and the starter might come down with the stomach flu and i'll come flying in with all my paints and canvases. So, gear up, I'm selling baseball shirts with a smudge of paint for the low price of sixty cents a piece. Odd and interesting, this art world in KC is ..

Travel Paints in Hawaii

I am A Friend of Dan's Here on Kauai. I Wanted to let you know that I am A PROUD owner of one of your paintings:) I love my painting it is beautifle and Abstract, Just my Style! Thanks so Much. Heidi

iowa travelin' home

my trusted confidant, inspector beaudoin, deposited several of my paintings up at a ball field in iowa during some rock and roll shows .. here's his report:

Hey man,
Your art has now traveled to Des Moines, Iowa and Principal Park. In the first picture, I posed your piece of art near an empty Iowa Cubs kiosk. In the second, we use the Jumbo Tron as a backdrop. I dropped off your piece in left field GA during the first show, Collective Soul. By the time Third Eye Blind came on, it was gone....hopefully in the hands of someone not gouging their eyes out because Third Eye Blind was playing.

This is just the beginning, Joe.

Just the beginning - jfb

the quaintness

quiet on the showfront on friday, but the small group that came out to see the show was very nice .. good work .. the show is still up for another 27 days or so and there's only dibs on one piece .. so, tell your pals and enjoy the drying paint in the window frame .. cheers ..

Coffee Girls Show - LIVE for First Fri.

the coffee girls show was officially hung last night and it might be one of the tastier ensambles i've had in a long, long time .. so, come on out on friday in the early to mid evening to get a taste on the tongue and eye ball .. i have a gallery on my site of some interior shots - click here to see them all - otherwise come out in person .. please remember to drive fast and talk back to the cops .. enjoy ..

july coffee girls mix-up

just wanted to drop a quick line to everyone that the july 6th first friday at coffee girls has been postponed due to a scheduling screw up to august .. it's likely one of the very few times that i will tell a televised audience a lie, but that is the way it is .. no sweat .. we are moving and vacationing well in july and that is more important than anything .. enjoy the heat out there .. cheers ..

nyc skyline escape

if i can't go there anytime soon, i'm gonna paint it .. here's the new NYC skyline .. it'll be in the new coffee girl's show for all the kids to see .. i'm gonna get the family up to the finest city on earth some time in the next 5 years, i'm hoping .. cheers

American Skyline

a new window pane painting has been finished and posted .. getting all the pieces polished for the upcoming coffee girls show .. that show will be on the first friday in july - the 6th .. enjoy ..

Post TV Thoughts

i told my loverly wife caroline before this TV interview that my perception of what was going to happen and what was to actually happen was going to be huge .. and it was .. i thought i was going to interviewed on my 'photo.paint travel' bit, but it turned out that i was being interviewed about my upcoming coffee girls show and my youngest son miles .. i ended up taking control of the interview and it all turned out to be good publicity .. also, i got yelled at a bit by the producer for missing my pre-interview bit .. this was becuase she was poor at communicating exactly where I needed to be .. those poor people in network news are so nasty, overworked, under-paid and waiting for the big 'paris' dream to fall into their laps .. it's hard to talk to them about their reactions - but, it all happened .. click here for a rather low rent look at the interview and a cleaner copy will be done soon .. thanks again for everyone's continued support ..

On TV Tomorrow - June 9 @ 8:30 a.m.

I just got final word that I will be on KCTV 5 tomorrow, June 9th, during their 8:30 a.m. morning segment .. I'm going to discuss the travel project that is growing and spreading around the globe .. tune in, DVR it or watch later for a rip that I will put up on the site .. cheers ..

Final Film Posted

the weeklong taping of my 'kc bridges' window painting is finished and fully edited .. there are two versions .. click here for version #1 with Moby music .. click here for the Patrick Watson music mix .. it gives all a good view of the very beginnings and final end of a painting done in the photo.paint series .. enjoy ..