Brunch Anyone?

Two more paintings have found their forever home! AVOCADO and MIMOSA caught the eye of a customer while having breakfast tacos at Kerbey Lane Cafe last week. The stories of why people buy a given painting is a very rewarding part of the experience for me. In this case, the buyer was planning to gift the paintings to an Aunt she was visiting while in the San Marcos area. I guess she’s a fan of brunch. 

This sale also provided me the opportunity to conduct my first “virtual” sale of the “Something For Everyone” show, which went seamlessly and worked well for everyone involved.  As someone who spent the majority of their career in high tech, the logistics of a virtual sale make for a fun intersection between art and tech. Each piece of art at the show has a label detailing the name, size, medium, and price, as well as a QR code. The QR code allows a diner at the cafe to simply scan with their phone, which brings them to my website, www.artbern.art, from which they can readily find my contact information. 

After a few email and text exchanges, she sent me payment via Venmo and I notified the restaurant that the paintings could be removed from the wall and left in the office for customer pickup. Aside from taking the paintings off the wall, the restaurant staff didn’t have to deal with any logistics. Everyone was happy with the process and the final outcome!

Stay tuned to find out about the new artwork that will replace AVOCADO and MIMOSA!

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Kerbey Lane Solo Show: “Something for Everyone”

Greetings and Happy New Year!!! I’m kicking off 2025 with my first solo show courtesy of Kerbey Lane in San Marcos, TX! Given there are 25 pieces on display (all for sale btw), ranging in themes – still life, landscapes, even some pure whimsy – I’ve decided to call it “Something for Everyone”.

The process of hanging art at a restaurant during regular business hours was a bit intimidating, even on a slow Monday mid-afternoon. However, everything went well because it turns out my wife has a heretofore undiscovered talent for gallery design and hanging paintings! She was awesome… literally couldn’t have done it without her.

Some of the pieces on display are brand new – paint might not be entirely cured if I’m honest – while other pieces were part of my personal home collection, so this is their first foray into the real world. The show will run January through June, so be on the lookout for new works being added in the coming months.

I’ll be adding a special section to ArtBern that highlights the various pieces in “Something for Everyone”, so be on the lookout later this week.

One last item of note. A hearty THANK YOU to all the great staff at Kerbey Lane! They were welcoming, helpful, and wildly enthusiastic about the art. Knowing that they were excited to see the wide range of themes and subject matter, well, it was beyond rewarding for me to get that kind of feedback while hanging and effectively being in their way for 2 hours. Hey @kerbeylanecafe San Marcos, y’all are wonderful!

Thanks for reading!


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