February Gallery Stroll - Friday February 17th

This month Charley Hafen Jewelers - Gallery features Dayle Record’s photographic exhibit Singular Images, The Lake I Love, altered Earth images which are in part a tribute to the era in which the environmental movement was born.  

For a complete list of exhibits on this month's Gallery Stroll's website, click here.

Happy Valentine's Day 2012 and...

Happy 114th Birthday, Dr. Denmark!

Click on the link below for the story:

Local supercentenarian celebrates 114 birthday...

Above:  Dr. Leila Denmark, our family's pediatrician through generations.

 Above:  Heart on a String, acrylic on canvas, Toni Youngblood

Above:  I Love You, acrylic on canvas, Toni Youngblood

Completed Dog Portrait: Briard

This is Your Life

(credit where credit is due)

Dog Portrait - Laying in the Color

St. Ambrose Concert

Toni Youngblood standing next to her painting of Lionel Hampton & David S. Halliday.

Photo by Doug Sloan

It was a beautiful concert tonight at St. Ambrose, Spiritual to Swing, Narrated by David R. Halliday and music performed by the St. Ambrose Choir and the Jazz Vespers band:  David S. Halliday-Saxophone, Denson Argulo-Bass, Courtney Isaiah Smith-Piano, and Steve Lyman-Drums.

Beginning a New Dog Portrait

Above:  Layout sketch - Toni Youngblood 

This is the first Briard I have been asked to paint.  You can learn more about this large herding dog who has been around for centuries here.

Above:  Photo provided by the dog's owner