I get by with a little help from my friends...

Oak and an Acorn

oil on canvas

35" x 45"

My Pandemic Painting exhibit was a lot of fun.  I'd like to thank all of the fine folks that made it a success...

Thank you Brittany, William, Debbie, PD, Sophie, Drew, Kathy, Gary, Alicia, Austin, Liam, Bobby, Mark, Jerry, Mickey, Bill, Phil, Ron, Bob, Robert, Richard, Dakota, Stephanie, Robbie, Brenda, Emmi, Nathan, Don, Amy, Rachel, Aaron, Megan, Nick, Allen, Tonjua, Steve, guy with the blue hat, Bob, Richard, Tom, Billy, Richard, Mary, Rachel, Carol, Denny, Ron, David, Marsh, Steve, Joe, Lowell, Richie, Bill, Paul, Sam, Kenny, Stan, Renita, Michael, and all of your friends and family members I'm forgetting.  Thank you.  

If you'd like to schedule an appointment to see what's left of the show plus several new paintings fresh off the easel, I'd be happy to set you up.  Email me at wyattlegrand@gmail.com with "appointment" as your subject and I'll get in touch with available dates/times.  There's no obligation to buy a painting when you set up an appointment...I mostly just enjoy the company.  

I hope you're all having the happiest of holidays.  You know what they say...eat a little, drink a lot, and kiss someone on the lips.

"Thanks for the Christmas card you sent me, Violet."

 

C'mon Kids, Goat Ewe Dush O!

I've got a few appointments left, in case you'd like to see the 2020 exhibit.  

Tuesday, December 22nd:  4-5pm

Wednesday, December 23rd:  1-2pm, 4-5pm, 5-6pm

Thursday, December 24th:  11-noon, noon-1pm, 1-2pm

To schedule your appointment, send an email to wyattlegrand@gmail.com with "pandemic paintings" as your subject.  You will receive a confirmation email with directions to the gallery.

Lots of paintings...come look at them, if you want...make an appointment.  Ho Ho Ho.  

wyattlegrand@gmail.com

Private Pandemic Painting Party Para Usted

I have a new exhibit hanging in a new Bloomfield gallery space.  The show features many of my latest paintings, most of which have been created during these "pandemic times" and unseen by the public.  It's a hodgepodge of subjects I've grown pretty fond of and I'd love for you and yours to see the resulting collection.  

For safety's sake, there will be no opening reception.  The gallery will only be open by appointment to groups of five or less.  There won't be any finger foods or refreshments either, but there will be dozens of new paintings on display for you to enjoy in the company of your closest family and friends...and me, of course.

Masks will be required at all times inside the gallery and appointments are limited to one hour.  To schedule your appointment, send an email to wyattlegrand@gmail.com with "pandemic paintings" as your subject.  You will receive a confirmation email with available time slots and directions to the gallery.

I know it's not quite the same as my typical "holiday open house," but I'm excited to give everyone a safe and fun VIP-type experience as consolation.  You know what they say..."When life gives you lemons, go to a socially-distanced art exhibit and forget about the stupid lemons."

Appointments Available

I have a new exhibit hanging in a new Bloomfield gallery space.  The show features many of my latest paintings, most of which have been created during these "pandemic times" and unseen by the public.  It's a hodgepodge of subjects I've grown pretty fond of and I'd love for you and yours to see the resulting collection.  

For safety's sake, there will be no opening reception.  The gallery will only be open by appointment to groups of five or less.  There won't be any finger foods or refreshments either, but there will be dozens of new paintings on display for you to enjoy in the company of your closest family and friends...and me, of course.

Masks will be required at all times inside the gallery and appointments are limited to one hour.  To schedule your appointment, send an email to wyattlegrand@gmail.com with "pandemic paintings" as your subject.  You will receive a confirmation email with available time slots and directions to the gallery.

I know it's not quite the same as my typical "holiday open house," but I'm excited to give everyone a safe and fun VIP-type experience as consolation.  You know what they say..."When life gives you lemons, go to a socially-distanced art exhibit and forget about the stupid lemons."

A Show Just for You

I have a new exhibit hanging in a new Bloomfield gallery space.  The show features many of my latest paintings, most of which have been created during these "pandemic times" and unseen by the public.  It's a hodgepodge of subjects I've grown pretty fond of and I'd love for you and yours to see the resulting collection.  

For safety's sake, there will be no opening reception.  The gallery will only be open by appointment to groups of five or less.  There won't be any finger foods or refreshments either, but there will be dozens of new paintings on display for you to enjoy in the company of your closest family and friends...and me, of course.

Masks will be required at all times inside the gallery and appointments are limited to one hour.  To schedule your appointment, send an email to wyattlegrand@gmail.com with "pandemic paintings" as your subject.  You will receive a confirmation email with available time slots and directions to the gallery.

I know it's not quite the same as my typical "holiday open house," but I'm excited to give everyone a safe and fun VIP-type experience as consolation.  You know what they say..."When life gives you lemons, go to a socially-distanced art exhibit and forget about the stupid lemons."

Breaking News

It's been a while, hasn't it?  I apologize for neglecting all of you daily-internet-bookmark-checkers out there.  It sounds a lot cooler to say "I needed a break from the obligation of entertaining an assumed internet audience," or something to that effect, but in all honestly, I've been lacking in the time and energy department as of late.  I'm lame.  Sorry about that.  Maintaining the illusion of a hard-working picture-painter is hard work, evidently.  But, whoop-dee-do, right?  No pity party, please.  I have a blog...that's code for cushy lifestyle attuned to lazy hipsterism and internet self-aggrandizing...I'm doing just fine.  

As some of you may know already, I'm a school teacher in addition to bona fide painter of pictures.  The most stereotypical cliché of an art teacher you can imagine, in fact.  Here's the kicker...the past several weeks of teaching teenagers how to make pinch pots via webcam has only reinforced the fact that I'm a somewhat pathetic pseudo-version of what many people, including my students, can only hope to aspire to be—an "artist."  But ironically enough, I've done nothing of artistic importance for as long as I can remember now, outside of sharing each weekday with my students and fostering friendships I hope will last longer than the average high school career.  That has to be art, right?  If it is, I'm okay with that, even though friendship is a hard thing to hang on the wall and far from noteworthy in the history of picture-painting.  But let me tell you something I'm sure of—in these pandemic times, within this realm of teacherdom I've deemed so artful and sacred, there is only one sentiment I've had the opportunity to truly communicate....and it's this...

"Put your mask on!"  

No kidding, I've said it well over a hundred times today.  Oh, and "Please turn on your webcam and speak towards the microphone when you have a question about your art assignment."  Seriously folks, the most productive thing I've done for the past week outside of health and safety announcements has been the re-application of "hash-marks" on my classroom rulers with a sharpie marker after inadvertently wiping the print off during a routine disinfecting of my classroom.  The rest of my days have been entirely consumed by yelling at a bunch of initialed icons on a computer screen from across the classroom while sanitizing my hands until the skin peels off.  If I hear "new normal" again I'm going to puke...into my facemask.  And I'm thankful for all of this, of course, because a complaint spoken in the wind will eventually fall on deaf ears somewhere...and that's more than what many could ever hope for.  Damn it, I've got it made.  

Anyhoo, I've got a picture-painting announcement in the works...so stay tuned...or don't...whatever.