INSPIRED BY WORKING MEN’S MUSIC AT TIGWIRED.COM

Here’s another portrait in my ‘Rust-belt Workers’ series. This hard working guy is  framed in recycled wood from Buffalo Re-Use.  Type runs along two sides with lyrics from “Here Comes the Shutdown Blues”, a fun, blues song I heard on the TigWired.com website. You can hear the song and see a video of welders and other manly workers at:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_Ao1eB6MKk

‘Blues’ will be on view at the Buffalo Society of Artists 117^th Spring Exhibition. The show is being held in the beautiful Karpeles Manuscript Library at 453 Porter Avenue in Buffalo. Everyone is invited to the opening reception on Friday, March 29^th from 6 to 8 PM.

INSPIRED BY A DISCARDED PHOTO

The Eastside of Buffalo has been continuously inspiring. Last year I found an entire album of photographs thrown out with the trash on  Rodney Street. One of the photos was this beautiful young woman. I painted her as part of my ‘Rust-belt Workers’ series – she looked like she might have been a ‘Rosie the Riveter’  She is framed in recycled wood from Buffalo Re-Use.  Type runs along two sides with lyrics from the ‘Rosie the Riveter’ song: ‘Shes making history - working for victory”.

Rosie will be on view at the Buffalo Society of Artists 117^th Spring Exhibition. The show is being held in the beautiful Karpeles Manuscript Library at 453 Porter Avenue in Buffalo. Everyone is invited to the opening reception on Friday, March 29^th from 6 to 8 PM.