Thought-Full Art Studio

A conversation...

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Recovering the Website

The website is safely restored, locked down, and back in business. Even though we were able to identify the specific issue on the backend, we decided to roll back to a prior date out of an abundance of caution. We sacrificed a few recent posts, but nothing major. A good reminder to make lots of redundant backups! We have chosen to streamline the website a bit more, as well. We have removed all ads from the site so that the focus is solely on you and allowing you to more easily navigate and get to what you actually want to see.

Since I am no longer attending shows, I have a number of originals that I am so grateful are being shown at Zeke’s Gallery in Edom, Texas. I also have a few that I retain here at home. I will also be updating my shop to show more of my prints – and also to note those prints for which I still have the original available. If you remember an original from a prior show that you attended and are interested in knowing if it is available for purchase, use the Contact Us page to let me know. I respond quickly!

I hope that these late Spring storms have missed your location. It has been a wild start to the year! So far, knock on wood, no hailstorms or ferocious storms have hit our locale. Grateful!

The spring art show season is in full swing. I know this economy is a challenge for most of us. But I hope that you and your friends/family will take the time to get out and enjoy and support artists as you can. It means a lot – especially for those who are traveling long distances to make a living.

Have a great day ahead and thank you for dropping by!

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Troubling Times

If you are an artist – in any medium – who is facing spring shows, you have our prayers. When wars and rumors of wars abound, some shows are insanely busy. People need a respite from the crushing news and fiscal realities impacting their lives. For other shows, these types of world situations can cause everyone to just want to hide at home surrounded by those they love.

We, as artists, have never been able to control these events or how people will react. From long experience, I can only say that the very best artists can do is show up, set up, pray, and forge ahead.

I have been spending these warmer spring days reorganizing my studio space. My wife continues to work on getting more of my work up on my website while working hard to get her YouTube channel growing.

I spend a lot of time working on my garden. It feels like it is going to be even more useful this year as fuel and food become more costly. And we have neighbors who are always glad to grab the excess we put out on a table near the walkway that goes to the park behind our home.

If you have time, would love to have you take a look at my shop. I have some t-shirts still available which are great for spring and a range of prints. If you have any questions, please visit the contact page.

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Trumped Up Truth – Update

Raw Truth – Plain Truth – Trumped Up Truth

Following on the heels of the State of the Union message, this seems like an opportune time to let folks know that I have greeting cards of this design, as well as prints, available on my website. While I plan to create more cards from some of my prints, the “Raw Truth – Plain Truth – Trumped Up Truth” are the only cards I currently sell.

The Merriam Webster Dictionary defines “trumped up” as

  • something that is fraudulently concocted or fabricated
  • something that has been falsely created or exaggerated for self-serving purposes.

The same dictionary defines “truth” as:

  1. the body of real things, events, and facts 
  2. the state of being the case
  3. a transcendent fundamental or spiritual reality
  4. a judgment, proposition, or idea that is true
  5. the body of true statements and propositions
  6. the property (as of a statement) of being in accord with fact or reality
  7. fidelity to an original or to a standard
  8. sincerity in action, character, and utterance
  9. constancy

Sometimes a picture really is worth a thousand words!