Art on the Green

Some more pictures of the Art on the Green live sculpting and painting competition. Here are a few friends met through this competition. Very talented people and we're glad to know them.

This is Jeff Rudolph who always has an encouraging word for his fellow artists. It's always nice to see him and his family at this event. A wonderful sculptor as well. Jeff won first place the first year the competition was run and placed every since.

This is Jim Lynxwiler, who had a rough go at it this year but his persistence paid off. He is a hard working man who puts a lot into his work. This year he came out to the competition sans family just like Michael and worked through most of the night. At around 5:00 in the morning on Saturday he realized his sculpture wasn't working out the way he wanted so basically started over with only about 8 hours left in the competition. We finished a great sculpture of a woman with a kite (the photo doesn't do it justice). After all that, it paid off when he won first place in the professional division. I was jealous because he got one of those really big checks. (where do you cash those in anyways?)




Rudy Gunter, Michael's former art teacher and good friend. He is the man behind pushing for these competitions. A great man and great artist. He is always willing to help everyone out. He was over helping with a few of the painters get mat boards for their watercolor paintings toward the end. You can take the teacher out of the school but you can't take the ..school...uh...out of ...wait, never mind that doesn't work. Thanks Rudy.