I just changed up the gallery on the site. I used to have it hosted on a different site, but decided to move it back here and host it myself. So check out the new gallery page!

Once again, I’ve redesigned the website. I think it’s alright . . . haven’t double-checked it with Internet Explorer, but it’s working with Firefox (let me know if something doesn’t work for you).

I’ve had this idea for a while of making my main website the blog, instead of just a static landing page. Anyway, it simplifies things for me.

It’s been a while since my last post (a full month), but, sadly, not much has happened since then. The weather has been typical Louisiana summer fare: hot and humid with the occasional thunderstorm. So I made the decision to skip the June and August Northshore Art Markets (the August one is this Saturday). I plan on returning to the Art Market in October, unless something changes (then by definition . . .), and I’m also considering the Madisonville art market in September.

Skipping these venues has left something of a vacancy in the commissions I normally take on - at least I think that’s what is to blame - and, as such, I’ve found it difficult to get back into my normal painting rhythm. [side thought: why is it that when business is going slow for me, everyone feels the need to ask me, "so, how's the painting going?"!?!]

In the meantime, I have gotten some painting done and have made it up to the Ponchatoula Furniture Gallery to change out some paintings. I spent some time there making some changes to a commissioned landscape. It was fun painting somewhere different and painting in “public”, and there was talk about me and artist Bill Hemmerling doing a painting demonstration sometime in the future [I'll let you know if that happens].

Well, that’s all I can come up with right now. Back to the easel for me. Let me know what you think of the new look, and if you have any suggestions. Thanks.

In hopes of expanding this blog’s functionality and cool-factor, I’ve added a new commenting plugin called Disqus (that’s pronounced “discuss” not “discus”). This is a third-party website/service that keeps track of all comments you make from any website that uses the Disqus plugin. So, yeah, it’s a little chicken-before-the-egg kinda thing, but it looks slick and will be implemented on many more blogs soon.

The downside is, while I do still have access to all the previous comments on this blog as administrator, the slate has been wiped clean of all comments from your point of view. So . . . start commenting. The first time you comment, go ahead and register (you can enter your user information, website, email, facebook id, twitter account, upload an avatar, etc….).

We will see how it goes. And if you want me to dig up your comment from a previous post, just ask me and you can re-comment if you wish. Oh, and here’s the link for the Disqus website: disqus.com