My painting of Hershey, beloved pet of Montgomery's Talk Radio host Greg Budell, was unexpectedly featured in the June 2011 issue of Boom Magazine. I tend to keep the radio on a talk station while I work in the studio and was surprised to hear my name come up in a conversation about the Boom article on Greg. I did this painting for him as an out-side-the-box method of conjuring up business. Greg has a huge local listening group, to the surprise of some (like his liberal sidekick cougar, Susan) and even has listening devotees from Florida to Chicago. Greg brought a lot of attention to me and my artwork.
In doing this portrait of Hershey, I wanted to illustrate Greg's immense patriotic sentiments by adding a healthy portion of red, white & blue. With a little scratching, distressing and glazing, this piece turned out to be a great piece of Americana. Thanks again to Greg for finding way to include this piece in his media appearances. Hail the Hershey! - Jared
4 comments:
That is wonderful news!! Its a beautiful and wonderfully done painting and I am so happy it was featured in the magazine!!!
Wishing you well!!
Take care,
Kim
Ok, i am your newest and probably most excited fan today. As a dog and horse rescuer and owner of SEVEN chihuahuas and a greyhound, I'd have to be a millionaire to afford their portraits! But if you ever wanted to do a "collage" of the seven dwarves.....I want to promiote you to my horse friends as well. WOW is all I cam say about your style and technique. LOVE LOVE LOVE!!!!!Can i link you on my facebook?????
Lynne Blackwell
Lynne - thanks for the kind remarks. Nice to know I can count on you to be at least one groupie should I ever become a rock star:) Please "like" my FB art page - It's "Works by J.Evan Kelley". You can also see my dog paintings for sale at upillar.com, search art/paintings/animals/dogs. Thanks again - Jared
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