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Hello art lovers,

Well, this blog thing is quite an albatross. It's been in the back of my mind like homework was in high school. Something I had to do but just couldn't bring myself to do so with out a ton anxiety. Dyslexia made it difficult. Reading is still difficult. Spelling too. So if you see grammar errors or I miss a typo, I'm sorry, its my eye-to-brain communication thing getting in the way. Please give my some grace in this area. This is the main reason I'm uncomfortable doing this blog. Guess I should have a disclaimer every time I post. : )

I've gone to many other artist's blogs and I have learned so much. What do I have that anyone would want to read anyway. We shall see...huh? So, just want to share my experiences in life and with art and try and bring something helpful to others. Plus, my good friend Jeannette encouraged me to do this. So if I'm boring blame her. lol. Jeannette Cuevas is an amazing artist with a talent that wins awards!

Heres the big news: my meeting with the Witte Museum in S.A. 2 weeks ago, was a huge success. I met with the president/CEO who is now very interested in helping me promote my father's artwork. Hopefully if her plans go well a retrospective show of Jack Fletcher's artwork will result. The show will also include the Men of Art Guild, (MOAG). Jack and Cecil Casbeir, another very well know artist in those days, started the MOAG in the 50s. This is important history of the emerging art scene in San Antonio, Texas way back in the 50s, 60s, 70s. Thanks to the MOAG it was a time when art entered the lime light of growing San Antonio and the MOAG made collecting art affordable to young couples. MOAG also supported upcoming artist where they had a chance at showing their work when they couldn't afford to go to New York or another prominent place in the nation where art had center stage. Man those MOAG opening sure looked fun in the black and white images my dad carefully collected. Alas I was only a baby.

Check out Jack's work. His talent was brilliant and his art was a precursor of cynical, postmodernism. I do web site design and I'm currently updating this site to add more of his work.

My hope is that this next retrospective show (had the first one in 2000) will bring more awareness of his work and a buyer will surface. Then maybe somehow my artwork can ride into the art world on his coat tails. This is my vision. However visions don't become reality if you don't take action. If I dont begin painting on a regular basis pretty darn soon it will just be hallucinations.

If anyone has any advice on how to resurrect an artist...bring their art back to life and market them from the grave let me know.