It's my wonderful wife's Birthday today!

It's my lovely and talented wife, Bethamy Combs Birthday today! I'm so lucky to have someone that is devoted to loving me in spite of my craziness and art obsessions.

Mid Year 2012 Review of Art Award History

Award History:
1st Place- "Out of Eden", Art Competition at NIAA Art Center, Crown Point, IN 2008

1st Place- "Eden 1", Type of Artwork Drawing category on noenga.com, January 2011

1st Place- "Beating Hour", Pen and Ink Technique category on noeng.com, January 2011

1st Place- "Pastoral Family", Pencil Technique category on noenga.com, January 2011

1st Place- "Loose Patel Study", Pastel Technique category on noenga.com, January 2011

3rd Place- "Internal Conflict", Type of Artwork Drawing category on noenga.com, January 2011

2nd Place- "Collective Manipulation", Pencil Technique category on noenga.com, April 2011

3rd Place- "Modern Gorgon", Pencil Technique category on noenga.com, April 2011

1st Place- "Creative Burst", Pencil Technique category on noenga.com, July 2011

3rd Place- "Art of Target", Pencil Technique category on noenga.com, August 2011

3rd Place- "On the Rocks", Overall Globally on noenga.com, September 2011

1st Place- "On the Rocks", Pencil Technique category on noenga.com, Sepember 2011

1st Place- "On the Rocks", in Surreallistic Style category on noenga.com, September 2011

2nd Place- "On the Rocks", Type of Artwork Drawing category on noenga.com, October 2011

Artist of the week on noenga.com- November 2011

1st Place- "Ripped Away", Pencil Technique category on noenga.com, January 2012

2nd Place- "Morning Star", Pencil Technique category on noenga.com, January 2012

3rd Place- "Ripped Away", Type of Artwork Drawing category on noenga.com, January 2012

3rd Pace- "Ripped Away", Psychological Self Portrait Contest, Drawers-Life on deviantart.com- February 2012

2nd Place- "Ripped Away", Pencil Technique category on noenga.com, February 2012

1st Place- "Portrait of Roses", Type of Artwork Drawing category on noenga.com, April 2012

2nd Place- "Portrait of Roses", Pencil Technique category on noenga.com, April 2012

3rd Place- "Luminous Crane", Pencil Technique category on noenga.com, April 2012

1st Place- "Portrait of Roses", Type of Arwork Drawing category on noenga.com, May 2012

2nd Place- "Luminous Crane", Pencil Technique category on noenga.com, May 2012

3rd Place- "Portrait of Roses", Pencil Technique category on noenga.com, May 2012

Featured on cover of World Art Magazine on Facebook- May 2012

2nd Place- "Heavy Metal", Art Compettion at Water Conseration Fesival, Hobart, IN June 2012

On the Rocks is in a Wine Label Art Contest!

I just entered a Wine Label Art Contest with "On the Rocks"! Check it out at the link.

https://apps.facebook.com/artiste-wines/seid/26749

2nd Place at Water Conservation Festival

6/23/2012 I took 2nd Place at City of Hobart's Water Conservation Festival. I enetered a rain barrel I titled Heavy Metal.
I won a $100 gift card to Best Buy and a was picked for a $25 door prize gift card to Best Buy.
The Barrel will be getting a public display at the City Hall for 2 weeks soon. I will keep everyone posted with updates.

http://fav.me/d54sd9a

Miniature Design #1

First of a series of Miniature Scratch Board pieces. Let me know what you think?

wip 6/22/2012

I started this next piece from a thumbnail I did on the ack of an envelope after a church sermon.
I'll have better pictures of the piece as I proceed.