Ok, so time to apologize.  I'm sorry for being narrow minded, I think it's funny that I thought that I was going to surpass all the people whom have entered this before and take a grant home.  I guess anything is possible.  But there is always more to the surface of every illusion. 

So I've been told about this image that I posted and it's creator.  I guess it's make of paper, which is pretty cool. After looking at his other works; some of them are very elaborate and detailed. 

I'm sure I'll attempt it again, hard to come up with some new method of chucking paint on a whim to impress the beholders eye.

On another note, I made it to Livingston last weekend to meet up with my friend and printer Jim Bechtel.  It was a long awaited trip,  he's been printing some of my local images that I have painted in a bigger format.  20 x 40 to 30 x 40 canvas wraps.  They are awesome!  Clean, vibrant, hard to not stare they look so damn good!  So on my way down to Livingston, I landed a gig in Two Rivers Gallery in Big Timber, MT!   Its a very nice gallery and have a great people there!

I was also able to visit with Parks Reese of "The Parks Reese Gallery".  Very cool guy, very nice establishment that he has there.  If you get a chance stop and see his work.  I can't imagine doing lithographs, there is a lot of work that goes into them.  The Livingston center for Culture and Arts is also a part of this building and hosted many nice works by local artists and is definitely worth a visit.  Excellent staff and incentive for art to thrive is what keeps art alive!

Gotta go!

joe