This was the first of the series that I completed as a part of the Creative Pinellas 2022 Emerging Artist Grant. This was the easiest of the pieces to resolve… Read More
PostMortem: Human Figure
Genre: Grantee Story
Will They or Won’t They
A Design Group In China Wants My Work A design group in China wants to put my work in their showroom where they offer lifestyle furnishings and art. They only… Read More
A Meaningful Journey
The work I have done during this grant period is some of the best I have done, thus far in my life as an artist. This grant period has given… Read More
Love never ends!
If We’re Being Honest…
The way my brain works, is I typically have many ideas swarming around on a day-to-day basis, and because I’m overly ambitious (at times) those aspirations easily begin to pile… Read More
Do You Remember?
Discovering myself while I explore how personal memories shape my experiences and create subconscious images for the subject of my work. Artists are inspired by many things, often referencing passages… Read More
How I got “hooked” on art – Part 2
Last week I told the story about the most precious gift I ever received from my father when I was just 10 years old– a paint set. To continue my… Read More
PostMortem: 404
My painting above is one of four currently on display at the 2022 Creative Pinellas Emerging Artist Exhibition. It had a circuitous development, as most of my pieces do. You… Read More
Making Progress Every Day
There They Go. Today I crated and shipped 25 paintings to South Korea to be shown at the Busan Art Fair May 12-15. This is very exciting for me. It… Read More
Ready to receive! A painting by Rootman about self-love!
