Its me, my art and my cooking.

Little else I can add to this. Snacky Shack is a YouTube channel done by Monrovia (Surburban LA) artist Joseph R Davis and musician Tommy "Mac" MacCarthy. Check them out as they are interesting and have some fun guests. Recipe over at frazgo feasting HERE.

It sold...at silent auction

Monrovia Association of Fine Arts had its annual Acknowledge the Arts awards ceremony on this past Saturday evening. This image was among those I donated to the cause and was sold at silent auction. It certainly is a good cause, one I devote lots of time and energy too as its mission is to bring art to the community and foster the creation and appreciation of art. We (I'm the Veep and on the board of MAFA) bring art to the schools in the form of art classes in the Village After School Program.

This image was a digital image. It shot on my Canon DSLR and the subsequent RAW file was converted to Black and White with the help of Adobe's CS5. The image was printed on glossy stock just because I love the quality of contrast on glossy vs matte finish paper.

Art Bears set to invade Monrovia

My little corner of LA is about to turn 125 and the stuff for the festivities next week is gearing up. Among the things going on in the "art city" is that we are going to be adding more public art in the form of "Art Bears".

Why bears may you ask? Because in the mid-90's Monrovia had a bear that visited the hot tubs of residents and its antics captured the hearts of the community and nation once the national news picked up on it. He was named "Samson" by the community. As he was a wild animal he did need to be restrained. Rather than euthanize him the CA Game and Wildlife folks opted to capture him before he actually hurt someone. Samson was sent off to live out the remainder of his life in a zoo in Orange County.

This bear was done by my friend Rick Kess. He is just cute as hell. After the parade next week he will be put out on display somewhere in Old Town Monrovia.

As far as my art goes...been busy sorting and uploading some choice bits onto Fine Art America the last few days.