Carole’s subject matter is water based, whether it’s Koi, Sea Turtles, water gardens, etc. Beautiful stuff.

I was impressed by the fact that she has no formal training, and learned more by trial and error.

Carole is currently the President of the AGSF, which requires juggling a lot of hats, so her tenacity to learn how to paint is just a part of her makeup. If I’m not mistaken, Carole also has a regular job, too! Whew…

 Check out more of her eye-popping Works of Art here: 

 http://www.carolermoore.com/gallery2/v/New/

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“Interview: Artwork by Tucky“ was a more personal story put together by

Black Box Magazine.com. click here

The second article “A Satisfying ‘Find’ in the Fog“

was published by Artdog Observations from Kansas City. You can find that article here

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This is my latest piece.

Size: 11 x 14″

It may be the last of my 41 series.

Click the pic to see it closer.

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He said that he was from Sweden, and I told him he was the first person from that part of the world to buy from me.

He told me to GOOGLE his name when I got home, so I did.

I’ll admit that I had no idea who he was– but Henning Mankell

is one of the best selling authors in the world. His latest book is The Trouble Man, and San Francisco was a stop on his U.S. book tour.

Mankell’s best known for a series of mystery novels starring his most iconic creation, Inspector Kurt Wallander.

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     At a Guild show you talk to people from all over the world. Oftentimes those people are from the same country who happen to visit America but they don’t know each other.

I had a show at Union Square, San Francisco over the weekend with my comrades in the Artist Guild. That’s a normal thing. But something was in the air in England.

The Cottee Family (pictured on the left) bought “Sneaky III”. They live in Tip Tree, Essex, a village in England.

The Wilce Family from Woodford Green, Essex, England, took “Before The Show” home.

A flight from San Francisco to England is about 10 hrs (5370 miles)…….The two cities above are about 45 miles apart.

One of the most exciting things about being an Artist is having someone from another country interested in your work. It can happen often being in the Guild because of the locations we show at, but it never gets old to me.

The size of KISH is 30 x 40″.

Believe it or not, but the challenge here is painting the dirt! The look I want is almost there.

I’ll post the final when it’s done.

When he saw the painting (click on the image) he was all smiles.

This was one of those times where I was really happy to be able to do what I do.

Cleveland is a brave man. His fight with Lou Gehrig’s disease continues and it will take time. But more important than a painting to assist in his recovery is the fact that he is surrounded by those who love him. I wish him all the success there is.

Shown in photo, from left to right: Cheryl Smith (his wife), Cleveland Smith, Angela Smith (his daughter), Christina Smith (the daughter who found Tucky), and Joseph Edwards (his grandson).

Here is a message from Christina:

“As I said before, when I first contacted you while dad was in the hospital, he was truly frail.  I know that you couldn’t really tell from your first encounter with my dad, but he is WAY stronger than he was.  He was thinner than he is now.  He has put on weight and he can hold his head up for long stretches at a time and sit in a chair.  He has been using the exercise bike.  His heart and lungs are in excellent condition.  The expert doctor who diagnosed him with ALS in September 2009 told him he had three months to live.  Well that was almost a year ago!  Your portrait is one more positive step forward towards his recovery.  Our whole family is so grateful.”

It sold for $106.5 Million.

The auction took place on Tuesday May 4th, and you can click on the picture for more details about that.

And you thought there was a recession….

“Walking Man” a sculpture by Alberto Giacometti, sold for $104.3 million in Feb 2010.  (Click the photo for an article about it.)

The 1960s sculpture only held the title for a couple of months before a newly auctioned piece broke the record to become the highest seller of all time…..

This painting to the left, “Boy with a Pipe (The Young Apprentice)” by Pablo Picasso, was once #1 and is now #3. 

The painting, created in 1905, sold for 104.1 Million in 2004.

Click the pic for an article about it.