by Gerry Furgason | Aug 19, 2023 | PAINTING YEARS, Uncategorized
One of my most entertaining ways to help support our non-profit Gallery when operating funds were difficult to manage, was the engaging world of face painting. Over the years I painted all ages from sleeping infants (a photo of my hand and brush stroking a Mickey...
by Gerry Furgason | Aug 19, 2023 | PAINTING YEARS, Uncategorized
How do other people pattern their lives?” I often wonder about that as I notice someone picking out apples at a produce aisle or parking a car in a busy shopping mall lot. From experience, I have learned that I do not see the same way as a lot of those people....
by Gerry Furgason | Aug 19, 2023 | Teaching Years, Uncategorized
In time we were able to move our work area to the first-floor student lunchroom, but in the early years that I taught Oil Painting in the Adult and Continuing Education Classes as part of the Jefferson County program at Seneca High School in Louisville,...
by Gerry Furgason | Aug 19, 2023 | PAINTING YEARS, Uncategorized
A blush of burnt sienna on distant horizons compels artists to rummage around in stacked-up corners and pull out extra brushes and palettes. Creatives prepare for spring outdoor painting sessions as soon as that blush is observed and they are sure to...
by Gerry Furgason | Aug 19, 2023 | PAINTING YEARS, Uncategorized
I had already poured out my brush rinse water and stood up to clear my face paint tray after a long St. James Court weekend. When the economy went south and large painting sales were reduced, I sat down to paint faces, Some of my friends scoffed at the pursuit...
