A socially distanced summer

If you’re reading this I’m glad because it means hopefully you are well. Here we are, almost to August, and…well, I’m still here. I’ve been working my day job remotely (in my studio/office) for over 5 months, trying not to get too batty. Life has found an uneasy equilibrium, alternating between boredom and low-level undifferentiated panic. You’d think working from home I’d get more art…

Art (and life) in the year of COVID-19

Little did I realize that everyone’s plans for 2020 would take a drastic turn thanks to the Coronavirus Pandemic. I’d been accepted in a couple of shows this spring – one in Irving and one in San Antonio – which are not going to happen in the original venues. The San Antonio show is now going to be a virtual show; the Irving show is…

Work on exhibit this Fall (September edition)

A couple more chances to see some recent work coming up soon! I’ll have two larger pieces on display Gallery Night (September 7) in the TAC Impromptu Invitational Fall 2019 show at the Fort Worth Community Arts Center, 1300 Gendy Street, Fort Worth 76107. Opening reception is 6 – 9 PM. Gallery Night runs from 12 noon until 9 PM at most participating galleries/exhibition spaces…

Where is all the Art??

Just saw that Flickr, where most images on this site are hosted, is down for maintenance. Which means no images in my various galleries. Ouch! Until this maintenance is complete, you can visit my other site: https://www.rontaylorcrouch.com. It should be just fine.

Gallery 414 to close

It is with great sadness that I share that I learned yesterday that Gallery 414, which has been serving the Fort Worth art community for almost 24 years, is closing. As stated on the 414 website, “In 1995, founders John Hartley, Adele Krause and Razz Fiesler opened Gallery 414 as a space to promote and exhibit contemporary art in a variety of media and subject…

Save the date(s) – Spring 2019 show

Sadly – the show is no longer happening this spring. See the next post. I’m deliriously happy to be able to announce I’ll be in a 2 person show this spring with my friend, the fabulous artist Ann Ekstrom, who I’ve known since before I knew anything else. We’ll be hanging art at Gallery 414, where I’ve shown several times in the past. The opening…

RonTaylorCrouch.com – now live!

I just finished getting all the tweaks and technical issues sorted out for https://www.rontaylorcrouch.com and it is now live! You’ll see a lot of the same content/images of art, but it’s primarily devoted to showing the art – just the art. Not near as much long boring talk (ahem) as is on www.ralphart.com. Please take a look! If you see any weirdness, let me know!…

Coming soon! New website: RonTaylorCrouch.com

On advice of my web-savvy oldest son, I’ve started developing a new website that focuses on just my art: www.rontaylorcrouch.com. The Ralph Art Website Project website will remain as the place where I wander and ramble and go off on long boring tangents; the new site will be focused on showcasing the art without a lot of jaw-boning. All the jaw-boning will remain here on…

New – now sign up for email updates!

I launched the revamped Ralph Art Website over the weekend, and one of the features I’m most interested in seeing whether people use is the email update service. Here’s how it works – signing up puts you on a list I’ll use to send out email updates about upcoming exhibitions, new stuff on the website, and general announcements. “Oh fine,” you’re thinking, “That’s all I…

Updates to the website

Talking about technical updates to a website – boy, that’s some exciting stuff.  Okay, so here are the major improvements. New theme (re-skin) is cleaner, easier to navigate. At least I hope so Added some functionality (content delivery network) that should make pages load faster, which, on image heavy pages, is a big deal. Started hosting the gallery images on a photo sharing service, should…