04/25/2008 15:31:30

Thank you Sandy for the nice compliment, Isn't it true we all have our favorite colors. I seem to like the siennas.I really enjoy doing monochromatics, check my web site www.alstonfinearts.com and look at my figures, you'll see what I mean.

Happy painting,Alston

 

04/25/2008 13:31:11

Great quote about the journey!  Glad to be your friend as well!

:) Lauren

04/25/2008 13:16:23

Hi Sandy!  I'm so glad you like my "Enlightenment" piece!  I guess enlightenment feels differently to each of us but as long as we seek it, that's the main thing!  ;)  I'm just happy my piece brings that feeling to people!  Hey, didn't I see one of your paintings in a recent issue of Art Calendar??  Very cool!!

~Lauren

04/20/2008 21:21:40

Hi Sandy and thanks very much for your kind words about my work! Anytime you want to visit our Enchanted Wood, just let me know!

04/20/2008 12:13:46

Thank you for your nice comments about my work. I LOVE your use of colors, very beautiful.

Happy Painting, alston

04/09/2008 15:24:36

The photo of me and tiger is  about old as dirt; check out the eye makeup.  It was a great day, though.  I took a photographer with me to a wildlife sanctuary and she shot me with the cub, an adolescent lion and an eight year old Bengal.  What a rush!  A day to remember      me

04/07/2008 19:12:13

Hi Sandy, Congratulations on your show, the paintings look great!

04/03/2008 12:49:46

Sandy!  Congrats on your exhibit!  Way to go.  I am doing okay.  Missing my mom and such.  I have no energy to paint, my studio is a mess and I am in a funk. Grief- blah!    I have a Burridge workshop coming up soon, so I know when I get there I will be all ready.  Bob is such a hoot to work with and Kate is coming so I am looking forward to hearing about some marketing as well.  I'll keep in touch.  Got your email- thanks so much for caring-  Love,    Deb

04/01/2008 02:52:48

Thanks for adding me as a friend. I used to be a silversmith  for many years, so we have a few things in common. Warm wishes from OZ, Lina

03/31/2008 10:43:18

Hi Sandy, Thanks again for the kudos on my work; you are so kind. Yep, I teach several different classes at the Nevada Museum of Art’s museum school. I also mentor students when possible, do workshops and am currently working on a book. Teaching is a huge responsibility that I take very seriously yet what a joy! My goal is to train artists in the foundational techniques that have been so terribly neglected in the United States in the past 50 years or so. I instruct a class on beginning color, oil painting one and oils two. I also teach composition from basics to Dynamic Symmetry and perspective drawing. It is truly wondrous to see a metamorphose occur in a student. Watching frustration change to comprehension then delight sweep across someone’s face is perhaps the most gratifying thing it has been my privilege to witness.

Warm Regards, David