gallery 211

tomorrow (saturday) night, august 16th, is the opening reception for "portraits of john abrams" at gallery 211. i blogged about john abrams earlier (see below). that portrait and 18 other portraits of john will be on display at the gallery....some photographs, some sculptures, some drawings and paintings. i heard that one of the pieces depicts john as a seahorse. i'm curious to see all of the other work and plan to be there saturday night. so, if you're looking for something to do, you should come out! it ought to be interesting. the address is on the flyer above. it's located somewhere between deep ellum and fair park. just let me know if you have any questions...

finale

well, i never did post the completed piece. after i finished last thursday i suddenly became unmotivated to blog about it anymore. so there he is! i think i'm finished, anyway. i'm contemplating touching it up in a few spots. we'll see...

lots of you have asked me to tell you the backstory on mister abrams...why i am painting him. i actually do not know him. i do know his first name is john, and that he is an artist. i was given a photograph to work from. he is sitting in front of an old crusty, rusted wall that has some sort of written logo flaking off of it. i think the writing might read "weatherking". but, that is just my guess. the reason that i'm painting this is for an opening show at a new gallery called "gallery 211". each artist is creating a portrait of john to their liking, using different photographs. those are the only details i know thus far. i'll fill you in when i know more!