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Few people know that my INDIAN SUMMER motorcycle painting experienced a colossal disaster halfway through creating it. So did BACKDRAFT, one of my better-known life-size fine art nudes.
June 2, 2023 — The LUSTER collection has arrived at The Dennos Museum Center in spectacularly beautiful Traverse Bay, Michigan, made famous by Ernest Hemmingway in the Nick Adams Stories, in which he chronicled the early years he spent in the area.
Life is not about how many times one falls. We all fall. What is more important is how many times we get back up. That reality is a truism for life and creativity for everyone alike.
Have you ever experienced the melancholy feeling of packing away a lifetime’s worth of art and memories only to store them for an entire decade? If the answer is yes, then you will undoubtedly be able to relate to my recent experience.
The LUSTER RECEPTION is Thursday, June 15, 7:00 PM at The Dennos Museum Center of Northwestern Michigan College, Traverse City, Michigan.
I’m excited to share that the LUSTER Exhibition will be featured at The NATIONAL CORVETTE MUSEUM beginning March 1st, 2024, through December 31st, 2024, in Bowling Green, Kentucky.
It’s been a while since I posted anything about my current artwork on the easel. ETERNAL, my lifesize metal fine art nude that I started over a year ago, has quite a story, and she’s not even finished.
Barry Mack, an artist known for exceptional innovation and creativity, is unveiling a new gallery show featuring 14 richly textured, golden, abstract paintings. The show is at the C Gallery, Portland, Oregon, and is open by appointment.
Celebrate your love for cars, motorcycles, and art beginning Valentine’s Day through May 21st at The Citadelle Art Museum in Canadian, TX.
Luster on the Move LUSTER: Realism and Hyperrealism in Contemporary Automobile and Motorcycle Paintings exhibition is heading to its 15th destination since its premiere in 2018.
January 15 marks the end of the road for my painting, INDIAN SUMMER, which I created in the Fall of 2000 for a step-by-step article and cover for Airbrush Action magazine in April 2001. I had no idea at the time that I was creating what would be one of
Like many of you, I spend a lot of time surrounded by technology. As I type away at this post, there is a desktop computer to my left, a laptop computer plugged into a giant monitor before me, an iPad on my desk, and an iPhone at arm’s reach.
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