"Choices"

please take the time to watch this video...

                                               

Check This Out

just ran across this and thought i'd share...looks very interesting....

                                                   

"Seeker"

                           "I have been and still am a seeker...
                            but i have ceased to question the stars and books...
                            i have begun to listen to the teachings my blood whispers to me...
                            my story is not a pleasant one...
                            it is neither sweet or harmonious...
                            as invented stories are...
                            it has the taste of nonsense and chaos...
                            of madness and dreams...
                           like the lives of men...who stop deceiving themselves...

                                               Herman Hess
       

"The Last Mountain"

i was born...and grew up in the foothills of the Appalachian mountains...and the change thats taken place in my life time is hard to believe...i've been all across this country and lived many other places but in all my travels nothing can compare to these mountains and hills of Appalachia...so when i came across this video...this movie trailer for "The Last Mountain"...it brought such sadness to my heart and tears to my eyes...as i think back to when these mountains were a way of life and not just a way of making money...i could go on and on but i'll just let this video speak...how long will we stand by and watch soooooo many suffer for the greed of the wealthy...please watch this and share it with a friend..."The Last Mountain"...

                                               

                                                             

scale down

life...you either live it...are you let it pass you by...it seems with me...as of late...i've let it pass me by...soooooo busy trying to pay the bills...put GAS in the truck...feed lisa...lucy...zen and myself...trying to make stuff and sell stuff so i can do all these things...spending far more money than i need to...trying to live in this manner that i'm TOLD i should be living...the "american dream"...which i see turning into a nightmare right before my eyes...
AH AH AH...sooooo...whats a fellow to do...as for me i'm changing...in the past my blogging has been more about the stuff we make and the process of making it...thats going to change also...and my blog is somehow going to talk of some of the simple changes we can all make just to try and make the world we live a little better...not sure which direction this is all going...but i welcome any feed-back are comments are ideas anyone has...and for me it's time to "Scale Down"...

i'll leave you with this video by Rising Appalachia...whom i LOVE...which happens to be called..."Scale Down"

                                                         

Sunday

lisa and i had the most wonder-full day...up early had coffee and took the dogs out for a couple of hours...then later we went downtown and just hung out together... walking around and taking pictures...soooooo...here's how our day went...

                                                                

Yesterday Morning

yesterday morning was a good morning...started off slow with a hot cup of coffee...then lisa and i went to the studio to get some work done...so i thought i'd share a few pic's of our day with everyone...i'll also finish with a few small paintings i've hung in the gallery lately...my paintings have never been anywhere but our house so for me to hang them in the gallery for everyone to see is kind-of weird for me...but also something i've always wanted to do...anyway enough talk heres the pictures...

                                                      
thanks for stopping by...hope everyone has a wonder-filled day and we'll catch you later...

                                                            

This Morning

this morning was fun...the grand-babies spent the night with us... i took a few early morning...right out of bed pictures...

                                              

We Wait

sometimes we wait for someone...and no one comes...

New Logo

we've been looking at new logos for Zoa Art and we seem to be liking this one...what do you think...

Yesterdays Paint

good morning...ok so no one had anything to say bout the dark dark dark video...so we'll move on...
i wanted to have ya'll take a look at the things i put paint on yesterday...i've been working on these for a few weeks now but i finished them yesterday...anyway...i'll start with a shot of lisa putting the sealer on for me and then it's the pictures of the paintings...

                                                      

ok... so i make the frames from plywood...threw some plaster on them...and added some golden acrylic paint...i like'em...let me know what you guys think...i've always loved painting but never seemed to have much time for it...but i'm having soooooo much fun i've decided to make the time...because lets face it THEIR not going to add any more hours to the day...believe me on this one i've called and called THEM and the answer is always the same...NO MORE HOURS...soooooo...when we find something that brings some life to our life...well we just have to find the time to enjoy it...and now i'm soooooo enjoying painting...so i guess i'll end with this...get off your ass and create something...and please take a little time to share what you create...thanks for stopping by...we'll talk again soon...
                                                          

Dark Dark Dark

hi guys...can't believe this day has past so quickly...i painted and played with the dogs most of the day...it's time for a cup of coffee and some computer time...found this video and loved it...thought i'd share...

                                                              

New Burnt Stuff

hi guys...i spent some time yesterday working on some new stuff as well as taking  pictures...so i thought i'd share with you guys this morning...i found this big roll of steel wire but it had this kind-of oily uck-ee coating on it...soooooo...i took out the big torch blasted it with some propane & oxygen...cooled it off and wa la... no more oily uck-ee wire...

                                
so then i started bending and soldering some of the wire...and making some steel jewelry...are what i call jewelry...for me it was kind-of burning man...thunder dome inspired...so check some of it out and please let me know what you think...let me REALLY know what you think...none of this being nice just to be nice stuff...i want to know...what you think...so here goes...

                                      
i love working with this wire i found...and god knows with the cost of silver going up like gas...we need to look at some other choices...anyway this is some of what i did yesterday...i also worked on a mixed media painting...which is something i love to do but have never took the time to do much painting...but times are changing for me...hey theres a huge creative world out there and i want to move forward...and dive in...soooooo...not only will i burn stuff...i'll also paint stuff...build stuff...find suff and make stuff with what i find...like i did with the steel wire...and i'm having fun along the way...so join in...tell me what you think...let's do some projects together are something...share some of what you are doing with me...lets have some fun...ok i'm off to work on some painting and some wire hammering and soldering today...i'll take some pictures and share some of that stuff with ya'll soon...so let's get off the computer...and get to work...now...

on fire

hi guys...thanks soooooo much for the comments...and wow...i have people who follow my blog...how cool is that...anyway...i use to do all the blogging round here but people also wanted to here from my hot wife lisa...so as time went by she kind-of took over the blog...plus i got pretty lazy with it also...anyway late last night with a little encourage-ment from my hot wife lisa...she'll read this later and say "oh tony why did you call me that"...but we all know she'll love it and who knows...anyway as you will soon find out i get distracted v-e-r-y easy...

anyway... we sat down and in no time she had me a blog up and going...bout the only thing i did was pick out the name...soooooo...tony burns stuff has begun...i'll leave you guys with a few old pictures of me doing my lost wax casting...but i'm working on some mixed media stuff also...paintings with different metal stuff added to them...but first i have to pull out the torch and burn some stuff...and take some pictures along the way...

ok guys...so once again i send out thanks for the comments and the following thing...i'll become follower's of you guys as soon as lisa...that would be my hot wife lisa... shows me how to do that...we'll hang out again soon...i'm off to burn some stuff...

finally........

 

i have a blog!