RMCAD Art Bash 2009

Come just to look or you can also bid on unique pieces of original artwork created by Yours Truly, selected professional artists, RMCAD faculty, alumni, and students. Proceeds will benefit the Foundation’s student scholarship fund.

More than 140 works of art will be on the block for this annual event and fundraiser. View and bid on the canvases here starting November 23, or see them in-person—they’ll be on display in the Rotunda Pavilion from November 30 - December 5. The event will be capped off with a wine and cheese reception and final live silent auction December 5, from 6 - 9 pm (bidding ends at 8).

WHEN:
Saturday, Dec 5, 2009, 6 - 9:00 PM

WHERE:
Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design (Rotunda Building)
1600 Pierce St
Lakewood, CO 80214

For more info, visit:
http://www.rmcad.edu/student-life/art-bash-2009-2009-12-05
or
Philip J. Steele Arts Education Foundation


RSVP on Facebook:
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This is the piece that I did for the Art Bash. Go and see it Live, it looks much better. It's kind of blown out in this poor photograph.

Christopher Manzanares
"Romancing The Stone"
8"x8" Oil on Canvas

Pinc Tacos - Spray the White

Here's The next Pinc Tacos Project that I'm working on. the theme of it is a series of sexy skiers and snowboarders to market up at the resort town novelty shops. The phrase that we're going with is, "It just feels right to spray the white!" Here's the first snowboarder that I've started to develope. Not finished yet, but I thought I'd share a process shot. Done in Photoshop CS4 w/ Wacom Intuos 3 tablet.

When you hit a wall; SGI Daily Encouragement

This is Soka Gakkai President Daisaku Ikeda's Daily encouragement for October 8th:
"When you encounter a wall, you should tell yourself, 'since there is a wall here, a wide, open expanse must lie on the other side.' Rather than becoming discouraged, know that encountering a wall is proof of the progress that you have made so far. I hope that you will continually advance in your Buddhist practice with this conviction blazing ever more strongly in your heart."

This encouragement really made my mind rest a little bit easier now that I've come to my own wall, where it feels like I've come to an abrupt halt after a long string of success. I know that I can look back at what I've done, and realize that there's something more grand waiting just ahead of me and to not give up with what I'm doing. I hope that this is just as helpful for anyone else who reads this.