Art and Photography Blog

Painting: Fantasy World #1

Here is a 18" x 24" painting of a fantasy lanscape.  I was thinking of the art style of Beatles Yellow Submarine when I did this. The best way to easily see most of my paintings for sales is to go to my Facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/bill.ives2 - and look at Photos and albums within Photos. I have three photo albums covering my art. One is for discounted pairings under $100.  The other is for most of the rest (over $100). The third is for paintings that I have either sold or ones that are not for sale. However, if anyone is interested in them I will paint another version for them on commission. I will ship anywhere and have shipped art works as far as Australia.

In New Orleans there are currently paintings hanging at two of my favorite New Orleans restaurants, Louisiana Pizza Kitchen Uptown and Riccobono's Panola Street Cafe. Here is a post describing the Riccobono showing. It is located at 7801 Panola Street (504 314-1810). You can also contact me to see more of them. I will be writing about the Louisiana Pizza Kitchen show soon. It is located at 615 Carrolton Ave. (504) 866-5900. 

Painting: Samos Island Coastal Road

I am back in Samos enjoying this wonderful island. Here is a 16" x 20" acrylic paintings of a road winding along the coast on the Greek island of Samos. It is from a photo I took while in Samos this past summer. 

The best way to easily see most of my paintings for sales is to go to my Facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/bill.ives2 - and look at Photos and albums within Photos. I have three photo albums covering my art. One is for discounted pairings under $100.  The other is for most of the rest (over $100). The third is for paintings that I have either sold or ones that are not for sale. However, if anyone is interested in them I will paint another version for them on commission. I will ship anywhere and have shipped art works as far as Australia.

In New Orleans there are currently paintings hanging at one of my favorite New Orleans restaurants,  Riccobono's Panola Street Cafe. Here is a post describing the showing. It is located at 7801 Panola Street (504 314-1810). You can also contact me to see more of them. 

Painting; Sunset at Mytilini Samos Island, Greece #3

Here is the third in a three part series showing the changes in perpective as I walked down a road in this mountain village on the Greek island of Samos. It is a 16" x 20" acrylic painting. The series is from photos I took while in Samos this past summer. You can see all three lined up at the bottom. 

The best way to easily see most of my paintings for sales is to go to my Facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/bill.ives2 - and look at Photos and albums within Photos. I have three photo albums covering my art. One is for discounted pairings under $100.  The other is for most of the rest (over $100). The third is for paintings that I have either sold or ones that are not for sale. However, if anyone is interested in them I will paint another version for them on commission. I will ship anywhere and have shipped art works as far as Australia.

In New Orleans there are currently paintings hanging at one of my favorite New Orleans restaurants,  Riccobono's Panola Street Cafe. Here is a post describing the showing. It is located at 7801 Panola Street (504 314-1810). You can also contact me to see more of them. 

   

Painting; Sunset at Mytilini Samos Island, Greece #2

I am pleased to be back in Samos. Here is the second in a three part series showing the changes in perpective as I walked down a road in this mountain village on the Greek island of Samos. It is a 16" x 20" acrylic painting. The series is from photos I took while in Samos this past summer. You can see all three lined up at the bottom.

The best way to easily see most of my paintings for sales is to go to my Facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/bill.ives2 - and look at Photos and albums within Photos. I have three photo albums covering my art. One is for discounted pairings under $100.  The other is for most of the rest (over $100). The third is for paintings that I have either sold or ones that are not for sale. However, if anyone is interested in them I will paint another version for them on commission. I will ship anywhere and have shipped art works as far as Australia.

In New Orleans there are currently paintings hanging at one of my favorite New Orleans restaurants, Riccobono's Panola Street Cafe. Here is a post describing the showing. It is located at 7801 Panola Street (504 314-1810). You can also contact me to see more of them. is located at 7801 Panola Street (504 314-1810). You can also contact me to see more of them.

 

    

Painting; Sunset at Mytilini Samos Island, Greece #1

I am pleased to be back in Samos. Greece. Here is the first in a three part series showing the changes in perpective as i walked down a road in this mountain village on the Greek island of Samos. It is a 16" x 20" acrylic painting. The series is from photos I took while in Samos this past summer. You can see thee lined up at the bottom. 

The best way to easily see most of my paintings for sales is to go to my Facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/bill.ives2 - and look at Photos and albums within Photos. I have three photo albums covering my art. One is for discounted pairings under $100.  The other is for most of the rest (over $100). The third is for paintings that I have either sold or ones that are not for sale. However, if anyone is interested in them I will paint another version for them on commission. I will ship anywhere and have shipped art works as far as Australia.

In New Orleans there are currently paintings hanging at one of my favorite New Orleans restaurants, Riccobono's Panola Street Cafe. Here is a post describing the showing. It is located at 7801 Panola Street (504 314-1810). You can also contact me to see more of them.

    

Photos of New Orleans Music 2014 - 2

We continue to enjoy the variety of music that our city offers. Here are just a few of the 46 acts we have caught so far in 2014 in order of appearance. They illustrate just some of the variety of great music in this city. The fist five were featured in the last post and now the second five are covered here. 

We went to the Maple Leaf for the second annual Bone Festival on 2/23. There was a crawfish boil in the street and a number of great acts: Johnny Sketch and the Dirty Notes (see below), Chris Mule, New Orleans Juice, George Porter with Papa Mali, Joe Krown and others.

    

We went to the St. Charles Ave. Baptist Church on 3/2 for their 20^th annual jazz service with Dr. Michael White. I attended this church as a child and was baptized here.

Later on 3/2 we went to Cotton Fest celebrating the 87^th birthday of Lawrence Cotton. Many neighborhood musicians and others performed on his front porch on Bellecastle Street. Performers included Deacon John, James Andrews, and Carey Brown, along with Lawrence himself. Lawrence and Carey had played with Dr. Michael White that morning.  Later that night we went to the Unified Mardi Gras Indian practcie at Handa Wanda's. 

    

  

On 3/3 we went to the Zulu Lundi Gras celebration and saw Micheal Baptiste, the XY2 Band and the all female brass band, the Pinettes. Three of the band are shown below.

  

 On 3/9 we returned to the jazz brunch at Buffa’s to see Some Like It Hot, a solid trad jazz band. 

Photos of New Orleans Music 2014 - 1

We continue to enjoy the variety of music that our city offers. Here are just a few of the 46 acts we have caught so far in 2014 in order of appearance. They illustrate just some of the variety of great music in this city. The fist five are featured in this post and then the next one covers the second five. You can follow the links to learn more about some New Orleans muscians and venues. 

Jon Cleary played his usual great Tuesday solo act at Chicki Wah Wah on ¼ doing old school R&B and NOLA standards, as well as his own music.

    

The NOLA Loves Philippines Benefit was held at RocknBowl on 2/9.  James Andrews played with the Crescent City Allstars (see below). I had recently seen James at his aunt’s place in Treme, the Ooh Poo Pah Doo Bar on 1/23.  Also appearing on 2/9 were the Bone Tone Brass Band, Bucktown AllStars, and the John Gros Band.

  

We saw Aurora Nealand and Tom McDermott do their Thursday gig at Buffa’s on 2/13. We have caught them numerous times. You can see my painting shanging on the side wall. 

  

We returned to Buffa’s on 2/15 for their Saturday jazz brunch with the Shotgun Jazz Band. It was a slimed down version of the band with three players.

  

We went to Ogden After Hours on 2/20 to see the 101 Drummers with Big Chief Juan Pardo of the Golden Commanches with Lionel Batiste Jr., Ajay Mallory, Boubacaar Cisokoo, and Chris Jones on drums and bongos. T This is just one of  the many Ogden shows we have attended. You can see Juan’s son joining the group below.

  

 

Painting Show at Louisiana Pizza Kitchen Extended

My painting show at the Louisiana Pizza Kitchen Uptown in New Orleans has been extended at least until the end of May and possibly longer. It is located at 615 Carrolton Ave. (504) 866-5900. The hours are Sunday - Thursday 11am - 9:30pm and an extra half hour later on Friday and Saturday.  Here is the post announcing the show with pictures of many of the paintings. Several have sold and I have hung new ones to replace them.

There are now 33 paintings and two themes for the show, my third in a restaurant in New Orleans. On one side are the food, music, celebrations, and architecture of New Orleans. On the other side the food and landscape of Samos Island, Greece is covered. I have gone there several times as I have a friend whose family home is located in Mytilini, a mountain village on the island. I always paint while I am there.

Here are some of the new paintings I just put up. 

  

  

Painting: New Orleans Blues Master #3

Here is a 16" x 20" painting of Ed Wills, my favorite New Orleans blues master. I often go to his regular Wednesday night gig (8-10:30) at BMC. I have done several paintings of him. This is the third. The best way to easily see most of my paintings for sales is to go to my Facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/bill.ives2 - and look at Photos and albums within Photos. I have three photo albums covering my art. One is for discounted pairings under $100.  The other is for most of the rest (over $100). The third is for paintings that I have either sold or ones that are not for sale. However, if anyone is interested in them I will paint another version for them on commission. I will ship anywhere and have shipped art works as far as Australia.

In New Orleans there are currently paintings hanging at two of my favorite New Orleans restaurants, Louisiana Pizza Kitchen Uptown and Riccobono's Panola Street Cafe. Here is a post describing the Riccobono showing. It is located at 7801 Panola Street (504 314-1810). You can also contact me to see more of them. The Louisiana Pizza Kitchen is located at 615 Carrolton Ave. (504) 866-5900.