I was honered this weekend to receive a ‘First Place’ award for my photographic art at the ‘Arts in the Square’ festival in Frisco Texas this weekend :) Happy to be present with all the wonderful artists there and had a great time despite the rain and audible annoyances ;)

Was able to visit with my old friend Amy and stayed with her and her family in Argyle. You know a life-long friend when, despite not seeing each other for years, they get up at 3:30 am to drive 40 minutes & help you setup in the dark!

Also a special appreciation to my neighbors at the festival and especially good friends Collin Welsch and Bill Stiham (& girlfriend Livy) for the encouragement & hugs. Was great having Bill & Livy setup right beside me and proving me wine, chicken strips and fries and their wonderful personality to brighten my day! :)

Reminded me a bit of the Beverly Hillbilly’s truck with Granny’s rocking chair in the back :)
Digitally piainted out the ‘modern’ cars along the street and changed the lighting.

Ok, sitting here in the blogger’s cabal and was asked if I post ‘regularly’ to my blog?

Normally I post when I create a new piece, report on a show or shoot, whats going on with my work and so on. So although I do try to report in regularly, it’s not ’scheduled’.

Now there are topics I’d really like to voice my ‘Jamie the Artist’ opinion on, but thought that would be better saved for another blog or the video blog I’ve been talking about doing with another artist friend of mine.

I’d really like to get your opinion on this?
Would you like to get the ‘whats Jamie thinking?’ regularly or ‘just the highlights’ of whats going on with me?
And yeh - I know you probably want to just comment on the face book link, but your post would hang around a bit longer & help with the conversation if you post here in my ‘actual blog’.

With the snow today, I set out to re-shoot the 360 Bridge in Austin, Texas. I had shot it in 2007, but since my shooting style has changed and the snow provided a different ambiance…

I did 3 different variations and processed them all a bit differently so let me know what you like about each one and tell me your favorite! :D I did shoot a little extra left & right I can include as well.

I just accepted an invitation to participate in Art & Air June 4-6 in historic Webster Groves, Missouri*.
This will be my first show in the state of Missouri. My next show will be the following weekend in Chicago, just about 5 hours up the road so should be able to stay around the area a could days after the show :)

* Webster Groves is 19 miles from the heart of St. Louis, Missouri

I will be participating in the Deep Ellum Arts Festival - April 2-4. (Downtown Dallas)

this looks a great time and will be there with artists friends Heather Harris & Collin Welsch! :)

I have accepted an invitation to participate in the Lubbock Arts Festival in Lubbock, Texas April 15-18, 2010 at the Lubbock Memorial Civic Center. This will be my first show in the Lubbock area and it’s indoors :)

Been accepted to participate in the Arts in the Square festival in Frisco, Texas, March 6-7, 2010. Everyone in the Dallas Fort Worth area come out and see me! :D

I created 5 pendants as a test run and finished 3 out as ‘wine charms’!

Now you can collect more of my art and
be sure you are drinking from your own glass! ;)

See my ‘Wine Charms’ gallery for some initial promo shots…

Note they can also go on beer mugs as well ;)

They rurned out really well and look forward to refining the process. Only got one bubble on this first run and may need to pull back on the amount of resin, but really pleased overall.

They will be available individually, but Collin Welch made an excellent suggestion to sell them in sets of (4). So I May do the following sets:

* old trucks
* trees
* architecture
* flowers
* etc.

These can also be incorporated into necklaces etc. or just strung together.

Shot this old 50s? Chevy up in the Texas Panhandle coming back from shows in Colorado, August 2009. The car was shot early morning (think in Dalhart, Texas) and the sky was at sun rise earlier that morning a few minutes down the road from the rest stop I slept at (in New Mexico) ;)