On Deck

On Deck
24″ x 18″
oil on canvas
(c) 2009 Tracy Wall

Here’s another baseball painting completed in the throws of the Rockies playoff run.  This will be up for auction at the 12th annual banquet for the  Rocky Mountain Chapter of the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR).    This Banquet is this Friday night at the Denver Athletic Club with dinner, music, and art.  Guest speakers include Dick Monfort and Bobby Meachum.

Click here for more information and tickets!  Join us for all the fun and frivolities!!

Thank you! and Celebrate Denver Arts

White Mug on Red (sold)
10″ x 8″
oil on panel
Tracy Wall (c) 2007

First a big “thank you” to those who stopped by exhibits last weekend.  But it’s not too late!!  Many artsy things are still going on (like 2 of the exhibits I’m taking part in)!

It’s all part of Denver Arts Week, November 6 – 14th.  All kinds of music, visual arts, dance and theater things to explore.  Check out the link for the scoop on the remaining artsy things to do!

Support your Local Art Community!!

Bagel and Three Exhibits

Bagel Study
6″ x 6″
oil on panel
Tracy Wall (c) 2009

There’s a 3rd exhibit I’ve got going on this weekend!  (When it rains, it pours! …or, to fit the area lately when it snows, it dumps!)

Starting this Friday I’ll have art exhibited in 3 places in Denver, Colorado:
(check my Now showing… page for all the details of addresses and times)

Park Hill Art Club Fall Art Show and Sale
Fri-Sun, Nov 6-8  (22 of my works included)
A veritable banquet of art of all kinds by 75+ artists; lots of framed and bin work for all!

Art on the River
November 6 – December 18
(1 piece juried in)

Gone to the Dogs
Oct 16 – Nov 14
(1 piece juried in)

Stop by any and all shows and see what’s new!

Trick or Treat!

Trick or Treat
8″ x 6″
oil on panel

I just love these teeny little midget pumpkins, but they seem to be giving me fits in painting them.  Too much detail makes them look like zebras, too little and I lose the form.  *sigh*  An exercise in patience!

Happy Halloween!  ( — go eat some sweets! — )

(boo!)

Mini Pumpkin

Mini Pumpkin
6″x6″
oil on panel

So we’ve already gotten 12″ of snow, and they’re predicting 6″-10″more.  But I’ve just gotta paint these little pumpkins I bought for the workshop I attended a few weeks ago.  They are the little mini ones you can hold in the palm of your hand.  You’ll probably be seeing them again soon!

 

 

Sunday Morning on the Platte

Sunday Morning on the Platte
15″ X 30″
oil on canvas      (sold)
(c) 2009 Tracy Wall

It’s that time of year again: time for the 3rd annual Art on the River exhibit at the Art Students League of Denver.  This exhibit is generously funded by the Greenway Foundation, who has led the effort to enhance and preserve the South Platte River and it’s tributaries throughout the Denver metro area since 1974.

Goes like this: artists had a two week window in September to create works inspired by a specific section of the South Platte.  This year, the section that was explored is Grant Frontier Park, just south of Evans Avenue paralleling Santa Fe Drive.

Opening reception is Friday, November 6th 5:30 – 8:00 pm, and runs through December 18th.  Check my “Now Showing…” page for more specific information.

Apple Challenge (and a little more toilet paper)

Ready to Roll
10″ x 8″
oil on panel    (sold)

The Latest Apple on here two posts ago was created as part of Apple Challenge on Jeanette Jobson’s art blog,  Illustrated Life.  She’s collected apple art from other artists and posted links to all those who took part.  Stop by and visit them all to see everyone’s take on apples!

When in a pause between series and I’m looking for subject matter, I often turn to toilet paper, and then I’m ready to roll.

Baseball and Dogs

Put Me In Coach!
8″ x 8″
oil on panel

For those in the Denver metro area, there’s an group exhibit opening up this Friday, Gone to the Dogs, and you’ll find specifics about the show by visiting the “Now Showing…” page of this blog.

The fabulous thing about this exhibit is that a portion of the proceeds will be donated to The MaxFund — – a non-profit no-kill shelter established 1988 to take in and nurture any animal with no known owner and finds homes for these animals once they have recovered.

In the meantime, the Colorado Rockies (the baseball team and the mountains too!)  put an end to yet anther exciting season.  (*sigh*)  Fall is really here, many leaves have fallen and thank you Rockies for a banner season of exciting baseball.   I just had to do another painting of this old, weathered baseball.