Great American Figurative show

I saw the Great American Figurative Artists exhibition at the Waterhouse Gallery in Santa Barbara. I was working the day of the actual reception, but lucky for me I was in Santa Barbara the day before and got to see all the paintings without a crowd blocking me from putting my nose up against them. Too bad I missed the schmoozing oppurtunity, but for the pure purpose of looking at beautiful artwork, it was wonderful. So inspiring!!! It's always cool to see paintings by artists that you've only seen in magazines or online. The real thing is always 100x better. I have to say, this beauty by Lipking was my favorite:

You just have to see his paintings in person to really appreciate the 3 dimensional quality and the ingenious nuances that go into them. Mr. Lipking really knows what he's doing. Another favorite was this one: "It's Sunday" by Benjamin Wu

Another one that is just WAY better in real life. Just take my word for it. Oh yeah, and obviously Joseph Todorovitch's. I probably should just turn this into a Todorovitch fan site for all the mentions he gets.

Hopefully someday I will have some more of my own art to show you! I moved to a small place, and now I am about an hour away from all my painting stuff. But I'm going to have at least one long painting day a week. I have a couple of big, time consuming paintings to complete, and then I'll probably do some smaller paintings so I can feel the pleasure of finishing a painting more than once every couple of months.