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Orion Wertz
Oct 6, 20242 min read
Kyanjin Ri- One Year Ago
Its been about a year since I trekked the Langtang Valley in Nepal with my friends Bill and Bob. At our easternmost point in the valley...
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Orion Wertz
Oct 5, 20242 min read
Square With Dome
This is a painting I recently completed. Right now it is hanging up in the CSU faculty show. I thought I would do a little post about...
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Orion Wertz
Jun 12, 20242 min read
Under the Bridge
I completed this painting during my "year in absentia." It actually started off as something I worked on in my Painting 1 class while my...
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Orion Wertz
Jun 10, 20241 min read
Year in Absentia
Its been a little over a year since I have published a blog post, and I think the same is true for social media posts. Fall 2023 was my...
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Orion Wertz
Apr 13, 20231 min read
Jerry Salz Studio Visit
This week I was very fortunate to have a studio visit with this well-known art critic. Jerry Salz visited our university as this year's...
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Orion Wertz
Mar 17, 20231 min read
The River is On
Actually, the river has been back on for about a month now according to my in-house fishing guru. It's all about the shad, and "on"...
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Orion Wertz
Mar 9, 20231 min read
Books are Fair
Last week I was able to participate in a book fair at ATHICA (Athens Institute of Contemporary Art). This was my first book fair in...
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Orion Wertz
Jul 12, 20222 min read
Picture This
I am very happy to be included in this painting exhibition which is currently staged at the Lyndon House in Athens, Georgia. Many thanks...
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Orion Wertz
Jun 9, 20222 min read
Bring on the Glop
Paint is fun stuff to play with, and I have recently had some time to do just that. For much of the time my paintings involve fairly...
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Orion Wertz
May 31, 20222 min read
A Drawing Class
Closed the books on another Spring semester. As usual I have a bunch of demonstration drawings lying around. Most of them don't really...
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Orion Wertz
Mar 30, 20222 min read
More Paintings. And a haircut. That's what we need!
Ok, so its been awhile... finally got a haircut after about two years of COVID. Somehow during that time some paintings got done and I...
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Orion Wertz
Feb 18, 20222 min read
Faculty Exhibition
Here's a pic of my brother next to an installation of my drawings in the CSU Faculty Exhibition titled "In Sync." Mia Darcia DeMaar...
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Orion Wertz
Jan 14, 20222 min read
Lumpkin & Israel Exhibition in LaGrange
Recently my brother Ephraim, his girlfriend Julie and I drove up to LaGrange, Georgia to check out the Lumpkin & Israel exhibition at the...
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Orion Wertz
Dec 29, 20211 min read
Party Surveyor
Got through a party scene in the book-in-progress. This section took me a while. I wanted to capture the "party survey." This is a...
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Orion Wertz
Dec 16, 20211 min read
Boxridge Table Talk
Last March I delivered a talk at the CSU Library about the new graphic novel. I had a great introduction from Dan Rose- good friend,...
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Orion Wertz
Sep 24, 20212 min read
ArmaWaterDilloColor
More goofy watercolor sketches- I spotted this little critter rooting around in Florida this summer, just tightened up the sketch this...
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Orion Wertz
Sep 19, 20211 min read
Progress is Incremental
Finally got a new batch of pages done on the current book. Felt satisfying... All of us probably have trouble juggling at certain times....
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Orion Wertz
Sep 3, 20212 min read
Inline Skating is Better than the Other Sports.
Yes, its true and you heard it here first. This notification is from the department of middle aged physical activities. Tired of the...
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