http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/larry-wright.html?tab=blog Larry Wright - Fine Art Blog http://www.fineartamerica.com/artistlogos/larry-wright.jpg http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/larry-wright.html?tab=blog Sun, 01 Feb 2009 08:57:30 GMT http://fineartamerica.com/blogs/the-art-of-cooking.html lta href='http://fineartamerica.com/featured/caldo-de-pollo-larry-wright.html' size='20'gtltimg src='http://fineartamerica.com/displayartwork.html'id=337483ampwidth=250ampheight=167' alt='Photography Prints' title='Photography Prints' style='border: ... Sun, 25 Jan 2009 09:00:03 GMT http://fineartamerica.com/blogs/sunday-morning-coming-down.html Nearly 15-billion years ago, according to earth's greatest minds, our universe began its existence. In less than a second it appeared....a BIG BANG, if you will. Where it wasn't, now it was. All the matter that ever existed was there at that first ... Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:49:25 GMT http://fineartamerica.com/blogs/the-world-is-our-stage.html When Van Gogh was in his prime painting years, a few hundred, maybe a few thousand people saw his work. And all who saw the work were in a 500-mile radius of where he painted. The same is true for many now famous and deceased great artists of the ... Tue, 13 Jan 2009 09:05:16 GMT http://fineartamerica.com/blogs/favorite-places.html Maybe it suggests we have been this way before, but I do think we all have favorite places. Since the mid-1970's my special place has been New Mexico. It is a blend of many cultures, rich in history, delicious in food, fantastic in scenery and has... Tue, 06 Jan 2009 09:34:09 GMT http://fineartamerica.com/blogs/my-other-passion.html http://www.youtube.com/watch'v=DN4Nigl5POs I may soon be the oldest guitar player on the planet.....other than Keith Richards, of course. Please visit my other passion at YouTube.Com/Naalar Mon, 05 Jan 2009 09:25:34 GMT http://fineartamerica.com/blogs/the-day-the-horses-left.html After a long overdue divorce in the mid-1990's, it seemed best to sell my small Tennessee farm and move back to town. One problem.....I had been breeding and raising Appaloosa horses for a decade and had a small herd that would have to be sold. Th... Fri, 02 Jan 2009 09:37:41 GMT http://fineartamerica.com/blogs/perspective-tool-for-realism.html I paint a lot of houses, most of them wood siding style, with boards running on the horizontal. A time back, I discovered that drawing the lines if wood board siding all on parallel made for unrealistic-looking buildings. The aid I found was a sim... Thu, 01 Jan 2009 10:45:44 GMT http://fineartamerica.com/blogs/what-about-art-lessons.html There is a fairly accomplished artist in our town, and he gives lessons to dozens of local aspiring artists each year. Consequently, you see a lot of his style in local shows and exhibits, as students are repeating what they learned from this maste... Wed, 31 Dec 2008 09:33:47 GMT http://fineartamerica.com/blogs/the-regret-of-pride.html My number one objective for my art is to "do some good" with it. I want my work to make people happy, to inspire, to elicit special times, and to motivate. If it can make some money for me or for charity, so much the better. Now, having said that,... Fri, 26 Dec 2008 09:52:45 GMT http://fineartamerica.com/blogs/what-is-the-price-.html I suspect every artist struggles with the issue of pricing art, and I am certainly no exception. When I was exhibiting at the local art league, prices for medium pieces (18x24") ranged from $150. to well over $1,000. And I am not sure how prices c... Thu, 25 Dec 2008 09:04:23 GMT http://fineartamerica.com/blogs/christmas-morning-2008.html It's just me and Dolly, my sleeping English Setter....no tree, no lights....a turkey I must defrost, and company will arrive later today. It is gray and wet outside, near record high temperature yesterday, and for all the world it doesn't look or f... Mon, 15 Dec 2008 09:46:40 GMT http://fineartamerica.com/blogs/share-the-love-donating-art.html Early this year I was driving past "first Stop," a local homeless shelter where I had volunteered, when I got the idea to donate some art to the organization. My idea was to have my watercolors placed on the bare walls, in hopes of sending a posit... Sun, 14 Dec 2008 09:48:41 GMT http://fineartamerica.com/blogs/the-christmas-guest.html It was an especially cold night in south Tennessee, a night that brought snow and froze the plumbing in my horse barn. It was also Christmas Eve when I went to feed and water my stock. The valve that brought water into the barn broke off when I tr... Sat, 06 Dec 2008 09:24:11 GMT http://fineartamerica.com/blogs/do-what-makes-you-happy.html It occurred to me several months ago that I was doing several things with my art that made me miserable. For one, I was submitting work (and money) to juried affairs, about half of which said "no, thanks !" I know all artists get rejections, but I... Thu, 04 Dec 2008 09:07:12 GMT http://fineartamerica.com/blogs/passions.html Hopefully most everyone has a passion or two....or many.....in life. Two of my key passions have been music and art(painting). The oldest passion in my life is music....more specifically, playing guitar. This fascination started with a Uke at age ...