Last Thanksgiving weekend, (Thanksgiving of 2017), my wife and I made a trip to southern Louisiana to do a final cleaning out of her fathers house before the closing of the sale. We flew down to New Orleans, rented a car and drove to Houma. We had arranged for a Penske truck rental for the … Read more
A blog post from the Concepts website: Carved loon http://huismanconcepts.com/a-custom-cedar-entry-door-carved-loon/
This was an experiment, (they are all experiments), based on a photo taken by one of my sons of a young man who attended the same college. When I first saw the photo I don’t remember thinking there was anything particularly interesting but something kept drawing me back to it and, as sometimes happens, I … Read more
A couple pieces that I have currently hanging at the Eagan Community Center for the Eagan Art House show, “Zoom In” that runs through April, (I think). I stopped by there the other day to see them and snapped a few shots of the walls. ____________ ____________________ HuismanConcepts.com
This is a pencil drawing I thought I had finished a few years ago but it never really sat right with me. I finally pulled it out the other day and decided to work on it a little more. I think it is done now. It is a smaller drawing only measuring 11″ x 13″. … Read more
An interesting event and observation as I was heading down my road near Ely the other day. We had gotten about 10 inches of fluffy snow on the weekend and another 4″ that morning. A gray object plopped into the snow and I stopped to see what it was. He had no idea I was … Read more
This is another home we built quite a while back. I remember some beautiful summer days there. So much of the past 30 years or so has been spent building these wonderful homes on beautiful pieces of lake-shore property around the Ely area. Stonework here was done by Hearthside Corner in Ely and the steel … Read more
Sometimes I go through old sketch books and find things that I actually like. Much of the stuff I do as quick sketches ends up being nothing, gesture drawings, value sketches, things to throw away. I wish I had piles of sketch books laying around from over the years, that would mean I would be … Read more
I have a couple pieces in the Wyoming MN Black and White Exhibit. Details on the artists here: https://blackandwhite.wyomingcreativearts.org/index.php/the-artists-list The show will be up till November 22nd. It’s just off Hwy 35 in Wyoming. Hours and other show details here: https://blackandwhite.wyomingcreativearts.org/index.php/show-information The Wyoming Area Creative Arts Organization seems to have a good thing going. A … Read more
I was fortunate enough to win 1st place in adult drawing and pastel in the Eagan Art House “Welcome Home” show with one of my pieces. It is hanging at the Eagan Community Center till the end of October. Eagan Art House show, “Welcome Home” 1st place in Adult Drawing and pastel