cornucopia …

the show was beautiful

it was held at the sam houston memorial museum in huntsville texas. after setting up, my friend and fellow artist, big al, had come down from trinity to show me around. i had never been to huntsville. we rode around and he showed me the wonderful homes build by dan phillips. what an interesting fellow! and the homes were amazing. the stories behind them even more so. we visited the cemetery for the folks who died in prison [huntsville, afterall, is texas's home of the big house and where executions are still conducted ... although the cemetary itself, known by locals as peckerwood hill, holds inmates either who were executed or died in prison and whose families did not or could not claim their bodies.] it was like a less honorable and less attractive version of the veterans cemetery.

we stopped in for a beer at the stardust, a quaint little bar in the middle of town, then made our way to the show an hour before it opened. we packed the walls with art, a great mix of styles and mediums. jamie and jodie did a fabulous job of putting this all together. some friends from artshouston had driven up all the way from houston and that was a real treat. [thanks, heather and breonny ] and a local who i’ve known online but had never met before dropped by as well. [thanks, carl and xavier!]

all in all, a wonderful event. i sold “sic semper tyrranis” and everyone who showed seemed to be impressed by the artwork. it was nice to have met with the curator and his wonderful wife [she is the one who purchased my piece] and talk art. george russell had also made an appearance, but i didn’t get to say more than a few words to him when he commented on liking my work.

tired and happy, i made my way back home. my regrets for not staying for the afterparty, but it was going to take me a good hour and a half to get back to deer park and mixing in alcohol with that after such a tiring day didn’t seem like a good idea.

oh! i also acquired a piece from my fellow artist, YET Torres [it's the one all the way to the right] :