On Saturday night (August 8th), Holly and I were guests of the Hound Ears Club and the wonderful organizers of the 14th Annual Benefit to support the regional healthcare system. Libba Gaither, Alma Greene and their associates have successfully raised a tremendous amount of money for local healthcare each year.

Artists of all experience and skill level admire the abilities of more successful painters and want to learn from them, even if its only through an instructional video. If a great artist is offering a workshop near them, there is an even better incentive to go and learn face-to-face. But after its over, and you are making the drive home, you will inevitably face the question, was it worth it? (Pictured: Roger Dale Brown, artist and teacher.)

The painting Grandfather Mountain Reverie was judged a finalist in the Art Renewal Center (ARC) 2013-2014 Salon in the Figurative Category. The ARC's goal is to create the largest on-line Museum on the internet, with hundreds of thousands of oversized high quality images of all the known works of the greatest painters and sculptors in human history, cross referenced to the largest encyclopedic online art reference library of historical texts, essays, biographies and articles. In addition, the site promotes a return of training, standards and excellence in the visual arts.