Taking a second to brag about my brother

As most of you know, my brother, Samuel, is studying watercolor at UT. I try to brag about him every chance I get because his paintings are absolutely amazing. Samuel has always been a much better artist than I, but he has become an accomplished painter in the past couple years.

One thing of note is that Samuel won a major prize in the juried art competition in the spring at UT for this owl.

In fact, the visiting artist in the spring wanted to buy this painting for his private collection. Samuel was unsure if he wanted to sell the painting, so he decided to keep it.

Last week, Samuel went to a lecture by a visiting artist and afterward struck up a conversation with her. She asked to come by his studio the next day and see his work. It turns out the that the she and the visiting artist from the spring are friends from New York and she wanted to buy the owl for him. While in Samuel's studio she saw this blue heron and wanted it for her personal collection.

Samuel sold her both of the paintings and is looking forward to visiting their studios in NYC to gain some additional insight into watercolor.

I hope to get some of Samuels available pieces posted for sale on the internet soon, so stay tuned.

Listening to: Cass McCombs - "That's That" found on fingertipsmusic.com