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[5]art ybor’s kick off to the Fall Season with ‘Near Earth Objects’ an exhibition of New Drawings and Sculpture by Joe Griffith.
This exhibition opens Saturday September 1st from 7pm to 11pm and runs through September 29th with gallery hours by appointment.
[5]art ybor is located @ 1816 15th Street in Ybor city -between 7th and 8th [...]

Congratulations to our friend, Robert. J. Ammidown. Bob is a local playwright and will be attending a staged reading of his play, “Life, Love, and Chaos,” at The Blank Theatre in Hollywood, California on September 10th, 2007.
I have known Bob for over a decade and he lives to write and it is very satisfying to [...]

When it comes to creating art, there is a time for everything, and a season for all of our creative cycles.  A time for serious paintings and a time to experiment.  A time to explore in our art journals and a time to create mantra art.
Mantra art speaks to the soul.  Like a written affirmation, [...]

The O-riginal ArtCasts and Eleven 17 Presents “Irreconcilable Differences” featuring artwork by: Beau Bradbury, Markus Aurailieus, Mike Goodwine, Chainsaw Chuck Majewski, Kurt Wright, Andi Tomassi, Amanda Stiles, Blue Lucy (TM), Chris Lukacs and Chris Parks of Blackout Creations, Chris Preston, Robert Wegmann, Kyle Stone, Anne Marie, Austin England, Adam T and Michelle Turkel of Altamonte [...]

S’Real Fridays at the Dalí Museum are a fusion of Music, Art, Food and Spirits. Join them for tours of the Dalí Museum’s exhibition Dalí in Focus, intimate jazz in a café setting, unusual & strange silent films, a complimentary nacho cheese fountain by Day Dreams, and a cash only beverage bar (beer, wine & [...]

As I sketched in my pastel journal this evening, thoughts of balance came to mind and I recalled a post I once wrote in response to one of my readers. He asked advice on how to find time for art when you’ve got a full time career that exists completely outside of the art world. [...]

When it comes to living a creative lifestyle, we often know deep down what keeps us going. For me, it’s a myriad of regular activities:

Walking
Keeping lists
Daily Affirmations
Sketching in my pastel journal
Connecting with fellow artists
Keeping an image folder
Treating myself occasionally to new art supplies or books/mags on art
Checking out local art events
Experimenting with new methods [...]

A fellow art blogger, Bob Martin, wrote a post the other day on how it’s difficult for him to keep his paintings simple:
It is as if I need to prove that I’ve put a lot of work into a painting in order for it to have value. Of course the value is in the ease [...]