Final Friday May 30 (tonight)

Yes, it's Final Friday at the Pendleton Art Center in downtown Cincinnati from 6-10 pm on May 30, 2014 at 1310 Pendleton Street 45202. $5 valet parking at the front door. Music outside on the loading dock. Art by hundreds of artists in their working studios with complementary food and drinks as you browse or buy. I'm on the fifth floor #507 with ceramicist Glenda Suttman and fused glass artist Margi Meier of Celsius 800. We'd love to welcome you!

Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation will also have wine at a table on the lst floor by the elevator; baked goods for sale on 3rd floor and 7th floor; and warm smiles to greet you with wine and beer and a donation. Learn more about them at http://jdrf.org/about-jdrf/

Here's an 11 x 14" portrait I recently completed for a local client. Have your home, business, boat, wedding venue, vacation cottage or other happy place painted.

Tonight at the Pendleton Art Center

Here's the home portrait I'll probably be working on tonight in my studio on the fifth floor (#507) of the Pendleton Art Center. Come by and see me from 7-9 pm if you're in the downtown Cincinnati area, near Horseshoe Casino.

Artist Julie Uehlin Clement returns to her Cincinnati roots, paired with award-winning photographer the late Tom McFarlane, in Kay Hurley's studio on the seventh floor.

Tom influenced Julie significantly as a pointillist and photographer. As co-owner of Directions Marketing, Tom hired Julie as a graphic designer where she honed her pointillist skills. After setting her sights on Colorado, she moved on, but they remained friends.

For many years, Tom immersed himself in his business and in the late 90’s, he returned to his passion – black-and-white photography. About the same time, Julie began painting in her signature dot-style.

After Tom’s passing in 2008, his wife Ona commissioned Julie to paint aquatic life from her new beach home in Oregon. Serendipitously, last October, Julie and Ona collaborated on Point In All Directions, an exhibition featuring Tom’s large-scale prints and Julie’s colorful dot paintings. Seemingly, a blessing from Tom…

When Tom was a resident artist at the Pendleton, his photographs always inspired me too. To honor his memory and support Kay Hurley, who I admire very much, I'm coming down to the studio tonight to work and attend the grand opening of this exhibit.

Finished another portrait yesterday but it is a surprise gift so I don't want to post it here until I know it's been received. Have a wonderful Memorial Day weekend!