Sun Soaked Sailor

Stormalong Title page- 19" x 14" acrylic/mixed media

I did a series of paintings for a reading textbook illustrating the American folk tale Stormalong. It tells the tall tale of a giant baby that gets washed up on shore after a shipwreck. The town folk raise him into a giant sailing man and he has many far fetched adventures on the high seas, including a hair raising battle with a giant octopus on the ocean floor. This was a very fun project and included eight paintings. I'll post some of the others another time.

AND THE WINNERS ARE:

For those of you who entered the Life Needs Art blog birthday giveaway, the drawing was held this morning. The following individuals had luck on their side and were drawn from the hat (actually a paint encrusted Cool Whip container) and will receive autographed copies of my book The Touch of the Master's Hand.

Mike Blake
Chad Grohman
Spencer Harris

Thank you to all who entered and to all of you who check in on this blog on a regular basis. It has been a fun ride to this point and I hope the first year is only the beginning.

Last Chance to Win

Hey all my fellow blog followers! Tomorrow at midnight the Blog Birthday Giveaway drawing will close. Don't forget to enter for a chance at some cool prizes. The more entries, the more I am giving away. So far, odds are still pretty good for you, so why not throw your hat in the ring? First, you must be an official follower of Life Needs Art and then email me your name and username with the headline "Life Needs Art Giveaway". I'll slot you in the right category.

See more details here

Asian Cats On Safari

Asian Cats- Acrylic 18" x 24"

I did several pieces for Utah's Hogle Zoo a couple of years back including this one as well  as the very first post on this blog. In celebration of the first birthday of Life Needs Art which was this week, I am having a giveaway. Click here to find out how to enter. Thanks everyone for following my art adventure!

Birthday Giveaway details here

Life Needs Art 1st Birthday Party

Drat! Posts from the last two days have disappeared- I can't say if they will be coming back, so here we go again (grumble, dang Blogmonster...)

Anyway, my adventures in blogging began one year ago yesterday (keep reading to find out about the party aspect)! It has been an adventure and a pleasure to try to share with anyone interested nuggets of artistic wisdom, highlights from my career as well as what I am working on currently. I appreciate all who have been following and commenting here. It makes me feel more connected to my art, fellow artists and art lovers. I had no preconceptions when I started this thing other than I wanted an outlet to document my work and to show things that I am doing and things that I am interested in in both art and my life. Well, over 150 followers and 45,000 page views later, I am gratified that so many people enjoy sharing my artistic journey with me. 

To celebrate, and to try to get more people following in the fun, I'm Throwing a little party. A prize drawing actually, and here's how it goes:

Life Needs Art Birthday Giveaway: THREE WAYS TO WIN!:

METHOD ONE: Current Follower Giveaway-  Using the headline "Life Needs Art Birthday Party", email your name, username and email address to greg@gregnewbold.com and I will enter you in the drawing for current followers.

METHOD TWO: New Follower Giveaway- Using the headline "Life Needs Art Birthday Party- New Follower", email your name, username and email address to greg@gregnewbold.com and I will enter you in the drawing for new followers.

METHOD THREE: Referral and Blog Friends Giveaway - Using the headline "Life Needs Art Birthday Party- Referral Drawing", email your name, username and email address as well as the username, name and email address of the friend you signed up to follow the blog to greg@gregnewbold.com and I will enter you in the drawing for current followers. If you have your own blog and spread the word about this contest on your blog, send me your name, your username and email address as well as a link to your blog showing reference to this post. You will be entered into this drawing ONCE for EACH friend you get to follow as well as for each blog post, so there are more chances to win! If you win,  I will verify your referral by emailing them to confirm and to check blog links if you do that- no fudging here please.

Entries will be accepted until midnight May 19th

Since this is just for fun and to reward a few lucky followers, I reserve the right to determine what and how many items I will give away, but right now I am planning to give away at least one autographed copy of my book The Touch of the Master's Hand for each of the three drawings. Winners will be contacted via email for specific delivery instructions. If you already have this book and win, I will discuss an alternate prize with you which might be a book, poster notecards, etc.

Thanks for spending some of your web time with me and good luck!

Zootopia in Communication Arts

Life Needs Art is one year old!

See companion piece here and enter the Life Needs Art Birthday Giveaway here

Once again I am honored to have had one of my pieces selected for inclusion in the latest edition of the Communication Arts Illustration annual. It's nice to have the recognition and exposure this competition provides. The painting was done for Utah's Hogle Zoo which is only about fifteen minutes from my door here in Salt Lake City. I don't often do high profile work locally, so it was fun to have this and the other two paintings in the series plastered all over town. I also enjoyed gathering my reference material from the actual zoo residents.