Studio Space

As you may know, we recently moved back to Lansing. Not only does our new house have a craft room in the basement, there is a loft above our bedroom for a studio. Finally! Here is the view and the (almost) finished space.

Fish with Ham

I decided to do a painting for fun last week in my new studio space (more on that to follow). I did a sketch at the CCL and when I had a free morning, put on some Sublime and got to it. I realized I had never done that before- probably because canvases have been hard to come. Also, I haven't had a space to paint and so all the time I spent working was on "serious" pieces.  Here it it...

View from REO Town of The Three Sisters

Here is a piece I did last fall for the "Showdown in REOTown." It was cool because a couple of my boys (Slim Chili and Stoneface Kermiet) were there, but the "judging" and "contest" were incredibly lame.

Art Show

The art show was a great success! I sold some paintings (The Coffee Table, The Corner Table in the Bar, and The View of the 18th Green) and we had a awesome time. Thanks to everyone that came out, Mr. Abood for the amazing dinner, Carol and Rachel for setting everything up and Michael for coming through with my favorite wine- the Beaujolais.

Final Paintings

Here are the paintings I finished before the show...

Paintings for my show

So here are the latest pieces I finished (I have a few more in the works). They will be on display at my first art show, Dec. 15th at the Country Club of Lansing from 5-7:30 p.m. It should be a great time!

Sammy J.

Here is my piece of Sam behind the bar at the Country Club where we both work. I have wanted to have a real showing for a long time and this painting sparked the idea of having it at the club.