Run for the Roses Does it Again!
Happy and humbled that Run for the Roses has been invited to the 2025 Artfields Competition. Held in Lake City, SC, the competition juries work from Southern artists from Virginia to Florida and accepts less than 400 entries. I am so proud and cant wait to visit the amazing venues in Spring of 2025.
November 9th and 10th
The St James Christmas Shoppe returns!
3100 Monkton Road Monkton, MD 21111
Friday 10-7
Saturday 10-5
** I am looking forward to seeing old friends and meeting new ones at this beloved show. Check my Instagram and Facebook for details and sneak peeks of the paintings I will be bringing along this year.
January 2024 Tally Ho! Solo Show at The Campbell House Gallery Southern Pines, NC
January 5th - February 14th
January 2023 - The Painted Ponies Return to Southern Pines!
This year I am again involved with The Carolina Horse Park and their Painted Ponies project. Each year artists from the area are asked to create a themed horse with their sponsor. After a showing in the beautiful town of Southern Pines, the ponies are auctioned off with all proceeds going to the Carolina Horse Park. Interested in owning your own pony?
Here's the link to the Carolina Horse Park website with auction details:
http://www.carolinahorsepark.com
My sponsor this year is our very own Pilot newspaper. Our theme this year is "America's War Horse". Who was America's war horse?
photo of Reckless with TSgt. Joseph Latham, the marine that put her through boot, or "hoof" camp.
Sergeant Reckless, of course! Who was Sergeant Reckless? Read on...
Sergeant Reckless was a pack horse that served during the Korean war. A small Mongolian mare, Reckless carried recoilless rifles, ammunition and supplies to Marines. The huge and incredibly dangerous canon she carried ammunition for was nicknamed "reckless" and that's how she got her name.
Reckless was a favorite among the soldiers. She would sneak into their tents to snuggle and loved sharing their snacks. Her favorite meal was bacon and eggs. She was easy to train and took orders just as a good Marine should. She was loved.
During the battle for a location called Outpost Vegas, this mare made 51 trips up and down the hill, on the way up she carried ammunition, and on the way down she carried wounded soldiers…all in one day.
What makes that feat amazing is that she made every one of those trips without anyone leading her. Twice she was injured, patched up and sent back out.
Imagine a horse, loaded with around 600 pounds of ammunition trudging back and forth to a battle where artillery is going off, without anyone leading her. Wow. To know that she made 51 of those trips is unheard of.
After the battle for outpost Vegas Reckless earned her stripes as a Staff Sergeant with The United State Marine Corps. She also earned two purple heart medals for her injuries.
Reckless was retired at the Marine Corps Base in Camp Pendleton where a General issued the following order… she was never to carry any more weight on her back except her own blankets. She died in 1968 at the age of 20.
My horse is a visual story of Sergeant Reckless. She is muddy and injured, see her bandages? She has her heavy pack saddle on and the ammunition carriers, each would have weighed 150 pounds. I included her Marine patch and her purple heart - note the star for a second injury suffered in battle.
I highly recommend the book: Sgt. Reckless, America's War Horse by Robin Hutton. Here is a link to her website where you can read more about Reckless and support her efforts to bring the story of Reckless to everyone!
Bullets and Bandaids Project - 2023 Update - Tour Beginning late January!
This past year I was asked to create a painting for The Bullets & Bandaids Non-Profit. Bullets & Baindaids matches veterans with writers and artists to tell their stories through original collaborative artwork, presented in a touring art and storytelling experience.
My piece is entitled "Where There's Smoke, There's Fire" inspired by the horrifying and heart-breaking stories of the burn pits in Iraq.
The art of Bullets & Bandaids is now on tour in Savannah, Columbia, Charlotte, Asheville and Charleston, dates below. I hope you can come out and view these incredible artworks and hear the stories that inspired them.
https://bulletsandbandaids.org/volume-4-the-next-step/
June 2022
Special Exhibit - Gibson Island Country Club Gibson, Island, Maryland
I am honored to be invited for a month long exhibit at The Gibson Island Country Club on Gibson Island, Maryland. This exhibit showcases my roots - my digestive roots! All things Maryland summer. Scroll for highlights and please contact me directly for purchase information - I can mark a painting "sold" and it can be delivered after June 30th.. These paintings will go to the public via my website in July under the heading "Hey Hon"
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The Heirlooms, 48 x 48" oil on canvas $2500.
The Queens, 48 x 48" oil on canvas $2500.
The Blues, 36 x 36" oil on canvas $1750.
The Bergers, 30 x 30", oil on canvas $1675.
The Lunch, 30 x30" oil and cold wax on canvas $1675.April 10th, 2022 The Painted Ponies Auction!
I had so much fun painting my pony this year..."Greetings from Southern Pines" is a LIFE size fiberglass horse covered with vintage postcards from Southern Pines, North Carolina. He's a big beautiful bay...and he could be yours (or mine...because I might just have to bid on him myself). All proceeds go to The Carolina Horse Park. The auction will take place live and online.
https://eventgives.com/paintedponies
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"Summer" Chosen to Exhibit in Wilmington, NC's Azalea Festival...
Over 100 North Carolina and national artists present fine paintings and 3D art creations at the Annual Juried Spring Art Show and Sale. This Official Art Show of the North Carolina Azalea Festival, hosted by the Wilmington Art Association, is a long-standing tradition with the North Carolina Azalea Festival.
The 2022 Art Show will take place at Hannah Block Building USO/ Community Arts Center from April 2, 2022 to April 10, 2022.
Sat. April 2nd: 10am – 5pm
Sun. April 3rd - Sat. April 9th: 10am – 5pm (evening hours TBD)
Sun April 10th: 10am – 4pm
Please contact [email protected] with any questions about this very special event.
Gallery Update:
As of October 1, 2020 you can now see my work in person at the
Charleston Artist Guild Gallery - 160 East Bay Street Charleston, SC
I will be exhibiting for sale my monochromatic works and I will also have a sampling of some of my popular prints.
The Charleston Artist Guild Gallery is a non-profit gallery. The Gallery features the work of more than 70 diverse and highly talented exhibiting members of the Charleston Artist Guild, all artfully framed and ready for purchase. Local art of the highest quality and creativity is at the forefront of the gallery and showcases the best the city has to offer. A portion of each gallery sale benefits community outreach programs, helping sustain the CAG as an energetic, meaningful arts organization throughout the Lowcountry.
I hope your future plans bring you to the delightful city of Charleston, SC!
"Gallop" takes Best in Show - 2019 Mount Pleasant Arts Fest
"Pals" takes Best in Show - 2019 Mount Pleasant Blessing of the Fleet
"Story Time" wins Mayor's Choice - 2019 North Charleston Arts Fest
