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Some organizations allow you to join simply by paying your membership fee. For me to become an active member of the International Society of Scratchboard Artists (ISSA) it wasn’t that simple. To achieve active member status, an artist is required to submit 5 images of their scratchboard artwork, prepared to the organization’s sizing and file naming specifications… along with a fee for the review. A juror analyzes the work, rates it and provides a critique as feedback for the submitting … Read More

Earlier this month I received an invitation to be an “Ampersand Artist Ambassador” and I am truly honored. Ampersand™ Art Supply is family-owned company based in Buda TX which engineers the only archivally sealed artist panels on the market today. They produce the panels I love to use for watercolors and scratchboards and a variety of other art panels for many media… plus tools, inks, floater frames and more. The company hand-picked about 50 artists from across the US to … Read More

One of my most popular paintings, “When She Was Three,” has been selected as one of 105 winners out of 900 entries to AcrylicWorks 7: Color and Light. This is my first entry into an acrylic fine art competition, so the recognition is a new milestone in my fine art pursuits. AcrylicWorks 7 will be printed as a 100+ page special publication by the editors of the Artists Magazine. Each selected painting, chosen for strongly capturing the theme of “color … Read More

My 2020 calendars are printed, with the cover and each month illustrated with a new painting I’ve created within the last year. I’ve been quite prolific and actually could have filled more months. Included are a variety of subjects, including some of my perennial favorites like flowers (wild and cultivated), animals (wild, farm and pets), and a still life with lace. I’ve also featured several of my recent ventures in human portraits. There’s even a fellow everyone should recognize. The … Read More

Howard Eppinger “Screech Owl” wood carving  The 21st annual SPRING ART SHOW of the Art Guild of Tellico Village takes place next weekend, so mark your calendar. A large hall at the Tellico Village Community Church will be transformed into a huge art celebration from May 10-12, 2019. Last year was my first time in this show, and I was extremely proud to be among the impressive creativity, enormous range of media, and high quality of the artwork. With the … Read More

I’m celebrating a new milestone with my fine art today. I’ve just learned that one of my paintings has been accepted into Splash 21! What is that, you wonder? Outside the world of watercolor, the “Splash Best of Watercolor” book series is probably not well known. But as a watercolor artist, being included in this publication is a major recognition. The Splash series are coffee-table books with stunning reproductions of watercolor paintings. In the words of publisher North Light, which … Read More

I’m proud to be featured in the Spring 2019 MONROE LIFE Magazine, with a fabulous 2-page spread about my Spring Wildflower Pilgrimage Artist of the Year Award and my Solo Exhibition at Rarity Bay. Click on the image to enlarge for reading.

  The Opening Reception for my Solo Art Show is Sunday, April 14, 2019, from 1-4pm at Rarity Bay in Vonore Tennessee. “Through Her Eyes” is the largest showing of my artwork ever, in an absolutely magnificent setting! The show includes nearly four dozen framed pieces of my artwork, from small to large, and covering subjects from animals to flowers to rural scenes and more. Watercolors, acrylics, scratchboard art, giclee prints and open edition prints are displayed, most for sale. … Read More

My art has been chosen for the juried Oak Ridge* Art Center 5th Annual Open Show 2018. “Sunny Side Up” was selected for this exhibition of all types of art media, with no geographical limitations for artists submitting entries. Juror Richard Mills, an accomplished artist and Professor Emeritus of Fine Arts at Auburn University in Alabama, was asked to select 90 works for the show. He found incredibly high quality submitted this year, and when he had narrowed the choices … Read More

A fabulous story about the 2018 Tennessee Watercolor Society Exhibition has just been published in Nashville Arts Magazine. The author quoted curator Terri Jordan of The Customs House Museum in Clarksville TN (about an hour from Nashville), the host site for the Exhibition. Her words about my painting Eat Chicken are so complimentary! Also in the article are lots of comments – specifically about my painting – from the show juror Lian Quan Zhen. I’m so delighted with what was … Read More