Painting from Life

2 paintings done from straight from life.

Unfinished painting from life

An unfinished digital painting from life. I believe I had done this in the summer of '08 in some hotel lobby late at night on my to a conference in Washington D.C. I still had to paint the shadows the white flower petals as well as refine the foreground quite a bit.. Ah well....

HI everyone, I am officially starting this blog to post my work AS WELL AS MAKE ANY ANNOUCEMENTS OR NEWS. i FIGURED I WOULD START OUT MY FIRST OFFICIAL POST BY LETTING EVERYONE KNOW ABOUT A CHARITY MY FRIEND JASON HAZELROTH IS A PART OF. HERE IT IS:

Hi everyone,

I’m excited to announce that my fiancé Kam and I are releasing a Dollar Campaign to raise money towards the cure of the disease HIBM. As some as you may already know my fiancé Kam is afflicted with HIBM, which is a progressive muscle wasting disease which can lead to total disability within 10-15 years. We both work very hard for the non-profit organization ARM (http://www.hibm.org/arm/index.php) which is dedicated to curing this debilitating disease.

With ARM we have created this dollar campaign with the hopes of raising 1 million dollars to enable human therapeutic trials to fight HIBM. We are asking for two things: First, go to WEBSITE (http://www.hibm.org/arm/dollar:home) to donate $1. Second, send this email on to all your friends and family.

In the Internet age, reaching one million people in that amount of time is surely do-able. If you are interested in becoming a bigger influence in this campaign, host your own dollar collecting campaign in your community, church, workplace, among your friends and family and donate what you've collected as one donation. Or you can post this story and image on your own blog and Facebook page. The more people we can reach increases the awareness of HIBM.

HIBM (Hereditary Inclusion Body Myopathy) is a progressive and debilitating muscle-wasting disorder caused by a gene defect. It touches those between the ages of 20 and 40 and, although progression is slow, it typically leads to total disability within 10-15 years. Studies suggest that HIBM may be easier to cure than many other disorders or diseases, the only limiting factor is funds.

Thank you for your support,