Jake Beckman to help create the longest mural in Phoenix AZ Hugo Medina of HugosArt.com, has invited AZ Contemporary Artist, Jake Beckman, to participate in his Community Mural Project, which will be live during the Phoenix Festival of the Arts. Hugo wants to create the city’s longest mural. So far 75 local artists have signed [...] Read more »
#twitterartexhibit ambassador!
Howdy Everyone As you know I have participated in both #twitterartexhibit events. My first submission was #twitterartexhibit, which benefited a library in Moss, Norway, enabling them to purchase library books for children. My first submission became part of a permanent display in the library. The second submission was cherish, which benefited a women’s crisis center [...] Read more »
Imperfect Action
We artists are an interesting lot. Many artists wait for the fire to strike before laying the brush to canvas, but not all. Some of us plan our work in such detail the completed canvas is in our mind’s eye before we ever lay the brush to the canvas. Either way, many of us wreck [...] Read more »
Keeping it Loose, the Golden Light
I am generally paint things tight. Every brush stroke and color has a predetermined place to land. I don’t usually paint outside the lines. I have been working on becoming more painterly, more expressionist. One stretch in this direction is painting abstractions, but the other is just painting a little looser. My latest foray into [...] Read more »
The Scorpion & The Frog
One of my favorite fables is the one of the Scorpion and the Frog. It basically says some will be true to their nature no matter how they are treated or what the consequences are. Variations of the story swap a youth, man, kangaroo or turtle in place of the frog, and/or a snake in [...] Read more »