04 JAN 09: NEWSLETTER v3 (1st Half 2009)

02 JAN 09: "River Walk" completed.

02 JAN 09: "Pacific Mist" completed.

14 DEC 08: "White Rock Lake" completed en plein air.

13 DEC 08: "Midtown Atlanta" available at Lagerquist Gallery Atlanta's oldest contemporary gallery.

15 DEC 08 - 15 JAN 09: Frankfurt and Helsinki works showing at the Knox Henderson Starbucks in Dallas

05 DEC 08: "Boston's Beacon St." for sale at ARTANA Gallery just west of the Boston Common.

01 DEC 08: Frankfurt completed.

28 NOV 08: Read "the impressionists" by Corinne Graber and Jean-Francois Gullou. I highly suggest it. It provides tremendous insight into their lives. The privileged few, the impoverished majority of them, Zola's optimism to Degas miserable temperament and Van Gogh's naive and noble yet consistent failures. One can never fully understand their lives but after a few years of painting I can empathize with their frustrations at the art world for not 'getting' the gravity of what they were undertaking, their frequent solitude, and their wonder at the world as we live it (not as mythology, legend, nor abstract). Their only real comfort was their lifelong camaraderie.

08 NOV 08: Helsinki completed.

17 OCT 08: "Midtown Atlanta" included in the Anne Irwin Fine Art Gallery Atlanta Cityscapes show.

16 OCT 08: Five works showing at the Starbucks in West Village.

10 OCT 08: "Corps Flag" completed for charity auction.

06 SEP 08: I'll be at Adobe Western Art Gallery in the Ft. Worth Stockyard area from 6-9 for a meet the artist event.

23 AUG 08: Purchased a beautiful Lajos Markos. It is a graven image of a Paris Street Scene. Great viewing and a great study for me.

14 AUG 08: "Midtown Atlanta" for sale at Twinhouse Gallery on Peachtree Rd. in Atlanta.

12-18 AUG 08: Cruised the country from Dallas to Cleveland capturing shots of Shreveport, Huntsville, Knoxville, Louisville, Nashville, Memphis, and Little Rock.

02-29 AUG 08: McKinney Avenue Contemporary (MAC) Show: “Gastronomia | erótica y estimulante.” "After Strawberries" piece entered in show.

10 JUL 08: NEWSLETTER v2 (2nd Half 2008)

26 JUN 08: "Cleveland in the Fall" completed. Can't wait to take it back home in August for sale.

19 MAY 08: Returned from NYC with some good yet mostly rainy and overcast images of the city in spring. Always love to visit the Big Apple!

Crossing the East River to Brooklyn

11 MAY 08: Viewed the J.M.W. Turner (major influence on impressionists) exhibit at the DMA. His two works "The burning of the Houses of Parliament" were incredible!

24 MAR 08: "Boston's Beacon Street" completed.

16 MAR 08: "Erin Go Braugh!" Me and my college buddy Brian took in Boston's St. Patrick's Day Parade and got lucky with zero rain. Hat's off to the Southie neighborhood for a great parade. Check out the future painting here.

St. Patrick's Day - Boston

28 FEB 08: "The morning fog may chill the air... I don't care."

Vista Point - Sausalito, CA

10 FEB 08: "The Big 'D' " sold.

25 JAN 08: Captured views of Frankfurt, Germany (best ones from the River Main).

Paulskirche Plaza
I spoke broken Spanish with an elderly woman at this Cafe because I don't speak German and she didn't know English..it was pretty funny.

23 JAN 08: Captured great harbor views of Helsinki, Finland.

Helsinki North Harbor

18 JAN 08: NEWSLETTER v1 (1st Half 2008)

14 DEC 07: "Big 'D' at Night" on display in the Oaklawn Ave. Starbucks (3330 Oak Lawn Ave Dallas, TX)

16 NOV 07: "Ft Worth Stockyards and Skyline" for sale at Adobe Western Art Gallery in the Ft. Worth Stockyard area.

12&13 OCT 07: Captured more views of Austin and new ones of San Antonio and Houston.

Remember the Alamo!
...seeing the National Historic Landmark while in San Antonio.

30 SEP 07: Returned from Cleveland with some shots of downtown from 'the Flats.'

27 SEP 07: "Summer in New York City" (true to the nightowl form) is completed at 2:16am. Damn, almost busting out one a month, lol! Getting quicker (or more obsessed?) and better. Now 'turning to' on completing "Red Square" and Marine Corps Flag.

Working on Summer in NYC

26 AUG 07: "Ft. Worth Stockyards and Skyline" completed. "Summer in NYC" and "Red Square" in work.

23 JUL 07: "The Big 'D' " is complete. Waiting some time to dry and varnish...then show! "Ft. Worth and Stockyards" coming along nicely.

-- JUL 07: Google and Yahoo begin displaying my images of my paintings.

26 JUN 07: "Sunset on Mckinney Avenue" sold (first sale) for over a grand.

07 JUN 07: "The Big 'D' " is is nearly 2/3rds done.

15 APR 07: Placed "Sunset on Mckinney Avenue" also on display at the Columbus Square Starbucks (2801 Allen St. Dallas, TX)

22 MAR 07: Placed "Maverick Excitement" on display at the Columbus Square Starbucks (2801 Allen St. Dallas, TX)

12 MAR 07: Returned from Charleston with great prospective photos to use.

-- MAR 07: UrbanImpressionist.com launched and my first paintings go public!

28 JAN 07: Austin Luna Eclipse completed and still building up a pieces for my first showing.

15 NOV 05: Returned from Russia with great pictures of St. Petersburg and Moscow.

With my Dad in Moscow's Red Square, 2005

-- MAY 05: Completed first cityscape painting: "Evening of May 31st, 2003, Chicago, IL"... just under the wire of one year.

-- FEB 04: Not wanting to get my sister and her new husband china or a damn toaster for their wedding gift I decide to sneak away during the wedding and take pics of the Allerton to create a memorable gift for the newlyweds...a painting of where they were married.

16 JUN 02: Discovered Edouard Cortes cityscape paintings at Kamp Gallery, Chicago