"Hope Springs Eternal" by Brian K. Raynor

I painted "Hope Springs Eternal" over the weekend. I'm usually not happy with my late Winter/early Spring paintings but I am okay with my first two paintings in 2011. "Hope Springs Eternal" is 12" x 12" Acrylic on stretched canvas. It is being donated via Project Art Aid to the American Cancer Society and will debut at the American Cancer Society’s Survivor’s Dinner, to be held on June 17th 2011 at the Wachovia Atrium in Charlotte, NC.

"Slim" by Brian K. Raynor

"Slim" by Brian K. Raynor 4" x 6" ink on card stock

Slim Whitman is one of my favorite country music icons.

'Ottis Dewey Whitman' Jr was born January 20, 1924, in Tampa, FL. Known professionally as Slim Whitman, he is an American country songwriter and musician, known for his yodeling. Whitman is a right handed but a self-taught left-handed guitarist. He lost almost all of the second finger on his left hand in an accident. He has sold in excess of 120 million albums in unit sales and has had numerous successful recordings. He is consistently more popular throughout Europe, and in particular Britain, than in the US.