Poets and Artists Magazine

I'm thrilled to announce that my work is featured in this month's Poets and Artists Magazine, Issue #30, Dec 2011! 

Open publication - Free publishing - More art. poetry

Poets and Artists is a print-on-demand and digital publication published through hp MagCloud, by Didi Menendez. The magazine will be available in print ($22) until the next magazine comes out in January and available in digital form ($5) indefinitely. You can preview the entire magazine and read it on line.

This magazine is an exciting example of the dynamic changes in the current world of publishing. A beautiful full-color magazine that is produced and printed on demand, how exciting! That was unimaginable even a few years ago.

Here are a couple screen shots of my work as they appear in the magazine.

One of the other artists in this issue is Aron Wiesenfeld who's work I adore. It's beautiful and strangely disturbing. Aron shows at Arcadia Gallery in NYC.

Aron Wiesenfeld, Train Tunnel, 30x32, 2009

Fatima Ronquillo, who's work is gorgeous and equally surreal.

Fatima Ronquillo, Lady With Honey Thief

There's also an interview with Victoria Selbach and images of her larger than life acrylic nudes. Her use of light and shadows on the form creates interest abstraction.

Victoria Selbach, Mary 1, 32x30, Acrylic, 2011

Another magical painter in the magazine is Chris Sedgwick.

Chris Sedgwick, three Mythographers, 29x48, oil on canvas, 2011

There is also really cool work by Daniel Maidman,  and Aunia Kahn,  as well as a slew of poets: Ron Androla, David Krump. Pris Campbell, Joann Balingit, Joshua Gray and Michael Parker to name a few.


A few links for you of posts about my work that's in the magazine:
"Bram's Lullaby, The Incognito Project" 
"The Lion Tamer, The Incognito Project"
"The Bribe", which is currently showing at the Peterson-Cody Gallery's Holiday Show in Santa Fe, NM.

"The Lion Tamer" in the Spotlight

Well almost the spotlight... 

I'm happy to announce that my painting "The Lion Tamer, The Incognito Project" has been named a finalist in The Artist's Magazine's 28th Annual Competition, figure and portrait category.

They say that the model is half the success of a figure painting and I think Peggy proves that true. She was willing to play along and share her fierce side with me, a side that not many people see. She also has a great energy that was a joy to try and capture.

Here are a couple more posts about this painting, they include details of the painting and a painting I did of this model 8 years ago.

Here's the first Incognito Project announcement, a portrait series I've been working on since June 2010.

 Here are all the posts about this Project. 

 You may see the paintings that are finished thus far on my website's Incognito Project Gallery.

Also...I'm launching a new email Terry Strickland Art Newsletter using mail chimp, if you didn't notice it on the sidebar you can subscribe here. The newsletter will be monthly, not too long but chock full of news about up-coming shows, new paintings in the works or fresh off the easel, workshops, possible teaching tips, art world musings and lots of pretty pictures :D

Special Delivery Eight Years Later

"The Lion Tamer" is the first of the Incognito Project pieces to be delivered to it's new home. This is the model and her daughter. My collector has generously agreed to loan the painting back for the eventual show, but in the mean time she and her family get to enjoy it while I finish the rest of the paintings for the show!

Peggy is a Birmingham local, art and marketing is her profession. She is someone who always has a smile on her face and a sunshiny personality. She is thrilled with my depiction of her "fierce" incognito personae. I've caught glimpses of this steely strength in the years that we've been friends and it was fun to have her share that side of herself with me.

"The Lion Tamer-The Incognito Project", 16x16, oil on panel, and details

 

As I'm posting this I realize just how long I've been friends with Peggy, she in fact modeled for me when she was pregnant with this very same daughter. At the time, 2003, she told me she'd always wanted to be an artist's model and was happy to check that off her bucket list.

"Dawn", 7x15, 2003

This painting was in my first museum show at the Meridian Museum of Art in Meridian Mississippi, January 2004. It is now in the collection of Carly Strickland. I really do have the coolest friends!

The Incognito Project Gets a Shine

I varnished the first batch of The Incognito Project paintings this week. Fun to see this work coming together, and varnish day is always exciting, seeing the colors come back to their full saturation.

 "The Lion Tamer", 16x16, oil on panel

 "The Rake", 16x16, oil on panel

 "Bram's Lullaby", 16x16, oil on panel

 "The Activist", 16x16, oil on panel

 "Yippee Ki-Yay", 16x16, oil on panel

 "The Torch Singer", 16x16, oil on panel

This work is for a self-produced show that will be here in Birmingham, AL, details to be announced. To see more about the project click here.