Facebook 3X5 Artists challenge images all in one place

Here is a roundup of all of the 3X5 Facebook Artist challenge images all in one place. It has been really great for me, because it got a chance to see where I have been and where I am going...  Of course, you can always look at them (and everything else) on my website, artbyjared.com

Day One: Old School

Day Two: Theater Designs

Day Three: Paintings on Velvet

Day Four: MONKEYS!

Day 5: Recent Developments

Bonus Day: Spooktacular Giveaways

Look Ma, I'm on the Tee Vee at Artomatic!

I only really did one artistic thing this week, I built a wall easel in my home studio that will enable me to paint larger paintings without sacrificing floorspace. Before this I had trouble painting larger pictures because I use a table easel, which means that if a painting gets too large I need to put the easel on the ground and...it was a mess. So now with about $100 of pipe, fittings, tapcon screws and some clamps, I have an easel that lets me paint pretty darn big (in relation to the size of the room...If I want to paint really big, I just use the scenic studio in Arlington...) Of course, I am a doofus and do not have a picture to show you, so you will just have to take my word for it, its awesome.

Although this was shot a few weeks ago, this video was released this week...it has a very short segment with me in it (around minute 2:17)

The other two notable events this week were the farewell party for Kirstra...she is going to Rochester with her fiance Patrick....she will be missed down here...

And, I was sat on a jury trial, which was the fastest one I have ever been on (two days!) I have been called to serve 5 times in the district and seated on a jury 4 times! So, I was very glad that the case was so open and shut.

Oh, and we took the Rapunzel tower down  Yesterday :(


Just a friendly reminder that the exhibition ELEVATOR TO THE MOON at the Artisphere closes this Saturday, so NOW is the last minute if you wanted to buy anything! Cheers!

A Much-Needed Vacation...

On Monday we got back from a 9 day cruise on the Enchantment of the Seas (Royal Caribbean) that sailed out of Baltimore...(stopping in Port Canaveral, Key West, Nassau, and Coco Cay)

The Enchantment of the Seas

We did not run aground, nor did we suffer the from the Norovirus...we simply had a wonderful time! In fact, KT and I had already been on this ship back in 2002....when the ship was 72 feet shorter!




Yep, that's right. In 2007 they chopped the ship in half, and added a section to the middle!

This is a shot of the pool deck....the two "wings" are roughly where they added the extra 72 feet...

  But really, all KT wanted to do was spend time in the casino...

Anyway, its good to be back, and we are ready to hit the ground running on all sorts of projects...particularly Countdown To Yuri's Night 2012!