Overall, this has been a good year for me. I am enjoying painting and meeting with painter friends – Toller Cranston, E.C. Bell, Bruce Stuart, and others. Everyone is traveling lots. Nobody sticks around for very long. Some new friends came, others left, but everything balances out in the end. You can only maintain so…
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Hi everybody. Let me please apologize for not being up to date, I have been away in the Yukatan in Mexico, then Madrid, Barcelona, Cote d’Azur (France), Monaco, and Tuscany in Italy. There has been a lot of travel and I didn’t have a much time as I would have liked to update my blog.…
Continue Reading →When I was younger I made some incredible drawings, which one could turn and look at from 2 or 3 ways and see different things. That’s when I was told “you need to decide which way is up”. I finally came up with a solution today – to make those drawings into paintings, creating 2,…
Continue Reading →I have been occupied with writing and have also been doing a fair bit of songwriting. Of course, I am also painting and it’s rare for me to be able to do all three at the same time. Usually one discipline takes priority over the others. On April 6, I will be part of a…
Continue Reading →I just realized that some links on the site were broken. That issue had been fixed. I am also looking into improving the contact form, as it seems to be buggy at the moment. I have added some small figurative paintings, a couple of medium figurative paintings, and one large one. Yesterday Toller Cranston stopped…
Continue Reading →Well, here is what is happening these days. I have been working a lot, but probably writing more than painting. I am trying very hard to get my second book out sometime within the next few months. I haven’t written any music because both of my guitars are out of commission and its really quite…
Continue Reading →A few quick pieces of news. Somebody took one of my pieces to get appraised and it turns out that I’m selling at about 50% of the appraisal value right now. The piece was 24 x 36 and was appraised at at least $1500… I sold it for $700. The other piece of news is…
Continue Reading →I have designed some new shirts (and ipod cases). Take a look at them here: http://andrewosta.spreadshirt.com/
Continue Reading →I was invited to do a radio show in Texas, speaking about my book, Shamans and Healers. I should have the show to put online sometime soon. Other than that, I am painting as always, and about to start a project to design and illustrate a series of books. These books are a dream for…
Continue Reading →I have been very, very busy. Doing commissions and just trying to finish the work already started. Two possible exhibitions are coming up in March. While I feel I am creating some very beautiful work, looking at images of some of the sold paintings brings nostalgia.
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