I keep them packed away like keepsakes in boxes up in the attic. Every once in awhile, I venture up there to look back at what has passed in my art life. Of course, moving forward is best, but looking back helps you to see from whence you've come. Here's my art journey thus far ...
Childhood field trips to New York City art museums
Board member of the Friends of African & African American Art at the
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
First art purchase - a forgettable abstract painting
I got hooked on collecting
Wanted to write about art, but why?
Took notes during art trips
Began writing for www.absolutearts.com
Writing became a tidalwave, followed by a book and cordial manuscript rejections
Found AuthorHouse
Published first art memoir, "Art In King Size Beds: A Collector's
Journal." September 2006
Keynote speaker, National Association of Independent Artists
Conference in Maumee Bay, Ohio 2007
Published second art memoir, "The Art of Everyday Joe: A Collector's Journal." March 2008
Krasl Art Fair on the Bluff, St. Joseph, Michigan. Art Collecting Seminar.
"The Art of Everyday Joe" wins six national literary awards
"The Art of Everyday Joe" featured in the October '09 AmericanStyle Magazine.
Keynote speaker, National Association of Independent Artists annual
conference in Peoria, Illinois
New deal with AuthorHouse to produce third art book
Currently editing manuscript
Awarded trademark for "A Collector's Journal." August 3, 2010
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