Did you know? ---- That the Everglades National Park is one-of-a-kind? There is nothing like it in the whole world.
In the rush to dig, develop and destroy the swampy lands this exquisite combination of eco-systems has been nearly destroyed but people are fighting to restore.

Art is also one-of-a-kind and Carlton Ward, an environmental photojournalist, author and more, has joined the two, Art and the Everglades and created, LINC -Legacy Institute for Nature and Culture

I am honored to be one of the 10 artists chosen to create the Arts Atlas of the Everglades. Here is my interview with LINC

Yesterday a great vocal artist, Whitney Houston, passed away. I am sad and shocked, especially by the fact that she will never have her comeback, never fulfill her great potential.

She had not performed as a great artist for many years. She went astray with drugs and a bad relationship but I always thought she would return to her deserved artistic glory. It was not to be.

She still has left us and the world of music changed for the better by her music and the influence she has had on many other artists that sing today. Her legacy will still be great but it could and should have been even more.

As a visual artist perhaps the lessons are the same. Use it or lose it, focus in the right direction, don't be distracted, do my ...

Does anyone want to read blog posts?

In these times of too much information, sound bites and tweets, does anyone have the attention span or time to read anything longer than two sentences?

Today I will say not and keep it brief with a little information about embellished giclee prints.

The original of this painting is sold but a 24" x 20" giclee print on canvas of this painting is only $360

If you have a budget for a little more then you can have an embellished print for $720

What is an embellished print? It is a print that has hand painting on top of a large part of it. It makes it more unique and adds texture and real paint which unlike a flat print will react and change in different lighting. Each ...

To blog or not to blog? I have started and stopped blogging a few times now and did not think I would ever try again but here I am!

The thing that always made me stop blogging is the time it took. I do not usually write quickly and it was taking too much of my time to create blog posts. I am a painter not a writer!

So why try again? Two reasons:

1. To share information - I can use this blog to share news about my art, make comments about my art and make posts to correspond with my email newsletters.

2. My website maker (citymax) has added a blogging factor to their website so I can edit my blog posts in the same place I edit my web site.

To get things going I will add a painting to this post, after all that is what I ...