En Route

29DEC07 – 23FEB08 at the Lillian and Coleman Taube Museum of Art, Minot ND. 2 man show. 23 pieces. Open Tuesday – Friday 10:30 am - 5:30 pm; Saturday 11:00 am – 4:00 pm. The reception will be held 10JAN07 from 5:30 pm – 8:00 pm. There is no charge for the museum or the reception and both open to the public. I welcome and invite everyone to come out and see the show.

Minot North Dakota

Settling in.

New Site

jason-hargrove.com - Needed to stream line it a bit. Think I'm just going to display approximately 5 pieces per collection. Have more paintings per collection but just trying to simplify a bit. Change them in and out with new ones monthly.

Readying for a gallery show.

We will be moving from July until late September '07. New contact information will be posted as soon as we have it.

Kentucky Derby 133

Street Sense to win.
Great Hunter to place.

New Paintings Posted

New paintings posted: Dying Trying; Self Portrait 2007; New Life; Looking Back and Garbage In.

Black Rapids Glacier

Took a drive over the weekend down south. Its warming up, and the ice is melting! Looks like we're leaving Alaska towards the end of summer. Just trying to go see some stuff that we’ve been putting off.

Ice Sculpting

We had a good time. We spent a morning carving away at a chunk o' ice at the Museum of the North in Fairbanks. I'm sure its a puddle now. Something we both would like to do again.

New Paintings

Three new paintings: Monomania; Life Spin; Salmon River.

Exhibition - Fairbanks Art Association's Patterns of Influence

Three paintings of mine were accepted into the Fairbanks Art Association’s Patterns of Influence show on the first Friday of this month. They will be on display at the Bear Gallery in Pioneer Park till February 27. Accepted were: Upstream; Cannibal Pig and (on loan) Engine Mechanics - Crowded.

Ice Fog at Noon

Some nasty ice fog from last Monday.
It’s been cold (-40º); it’s been warm (13˚), and I've been on leave for over a week now. Can't say I've been outdoors much - just to snowboard last night - I've been working non-stop painting, and reviewing my private journal. Two new pieces finished! I'm still in the middle of one that I want to place in a show next month.

Arctic Survival

First painting completed of 07. I attended Air Force Arctic Survival School in OCT05. While in the field it stayed an average -20˚F. We learned how to build a wet and dry fire, snare wild game, forage, signal rescue aircraft, shoot flares at 20 below while in full winter gear, build a smoke generator, and how to build a shelter. Can't say in hind sight I had much fun, but I learned how to survive.

Does This Ever Happen to You?

Every time I paint something, this happens - an unconscious habit. At least this time it was only gouache.