I'm currently reading The Romantic Manifesto; and so far, very good. Perhaps that is another trail you might follow to find artists, not necessarily tea-party, but hopefully like-minded artists might be working under the label of a romantic or objectivist artist.

You have a good point, the problem is that without cohesive leadership the Tea Party can't manage to run it's own candidate for the top office both state and federal.

Fred Speckmann

Very interesting work of professional quality. have you sold any?

Fred Speckmann

I can't help but think of the Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) comment: "Wagner's music is much better than it sounds." I prefer Vivaldi or Chopin, and when in a darker mood, Mussorgsky. Christian fiction writers like Tolkien or C.S. Lewis being popular makes liberals crazy, although that isn't why I enjoy them. What bothers liberals the most is that it isn't hard to find a conservative who enjoys French impressionist art as much as he enjoys his favorite 12 gauge.

If you want, I'll bring my computer on Saturday.
Bring a sample of your pen & ink.
I'm not sure we'll have time or space to see each other's work, but if we do, it will give you a chance to let other people see it too.

Let me know what you think.

I would love to see it! Thank you, Euda

Welcome to The Gulch, libravin.

Collage artist/illustrator/photographer here. Yes, being a tea party member is VERY rare in the art community.

Dargo, I disagree. The beauty of a localized and self governing organization is that it is terribly hard to corrupt. You can't corrupt the top of the tea party because it does not have a leadership. It might have organizers, but not leaders who set policy and pace.

It has gotten to the point that you cannot trust anyone. A party comes on the scene and it looks good, then it is hijacked by another, like what happened to the tea party. Tea party got jacked by the RINOs

I'd like to show you the artwork for the book I'm working on.

The artist I hired is good, but didn't get where I was coming from on some issues.
If I do a second book, I might consider another artist.

Well, I think a stop in on Saturday is warranted. :-)

I look forward to hearing more about this.

The last time I looked, the RINOs are joining the Marxocrats to fight the Tea Party.

No kidding, David! Not a pretty view on the horizon.

A painter. Mostly oils, love watercolor, and recently did a small latex painting. I have a large commissioned piece that I'm working on the final proposal sketches for. I do some charcoal work and the occasional pen and ink.

I like the study of the candle.

Well, it's not my day job, and I don't ever expect it to be.

But as Juvenal said back in ancient Rome,

``difficile est saturam non scribere. nam quis iniquae tam patiens urbis, tam ferreus, ut teneat se...''
(``It is difficult not to write satire. For who is so tolerant of the wicked city, so steeled, that he can restrain himself...'')

BTW: Beethoven, Mahler, Dvorak, Prokofiev

The Wagner thing really pissed me off.

Leftists believing that the world of art is theirs has always been true, but there have always been rebels, one of those being Ayn Rand.

Salvadore Dali used to tweak the Marxists into fits.

Jon McNaughton (Christian-Conservative) is tweaking the snot out of the Marxists today.

We *do* exist, and the realm of art is just as much ours.

I will not be there today or tomorrow.
But Mrs. Eudaimonia & I will be there Saturday for their day long 2nd Anniversary event.
Complementary catered food @ 4pm.
Specials on San Lotano cigars and Xikar accessories all day long.

If you're looking to buy some gifts, that's the time to go.
Also, check last Sat or Sun Wtby Rep-Am.
There should be a 10% coupon in there.

As for the artist group, I was looking for a group to network through and find a wider audience for my satire.
It concerns me that the snarky Marxist elitists beat us to the punch on this.

I have an idea though.
I will develop it a bit more when I have time.