The scream you heard yesterday was mine. I admit it. It seems inconceivable that a technology so new can grip us completely by the jugular. From our friends and co-workers daily lives to our business communication, Twitter supplies an integral part of our daily [...]
“The surface of Venice is constantly metamorphosing [and] painting Venice is almost like being a restorer, peeling off the layers to find the picture after picture underneath.” -Arbit Blatas
18" x 22" $750.
Order High-Quality Giclee Prints of "Venice Conclave" and also see more of [...]
Here is three minutes of spontaneous and unedited thankfulness.
Saying "Thanks" is the least I can do. First, a thanks for SUFFERING. As I grow older, I realize the benefits that come from this unwanted, unheralded, much maligned experience. Many American churches teach that if you [...]
I'm so happy to announce my all-new gallery of art. Beginning today, I will now add all my latest watercolors to this gallery. You may access and subscribe to it: [randyelrodart.com] or [elrodart.com]
I am also thrilled to serve as the artist-in-residence at O'More College [...]
The conversations and questions surrounding my recent paintings have proven very intriguing. Consider this e-mail I received from a friend who attended church with me over a decade ago:
"Hi Randy, I just visited your web site for the first time in years. Awesome. You may or" [...]
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This dew-covered beauty quickened my heart one early morning recently in Napa Valley, CA.
[...]
1. Winter Snow - The single by new EMI artist Audrey Assad. My favorite song of the year. Period.
2. iTunes U - An unbelievable resource at my fingertips.And its free! Loving "Philosophy for Beginners" from Oxford University
3. Put Things Off - An iPhone [...]
This watercolor was inspired by the events of the last few days unfolding two blocks from my home in historic downtown Franklin, TN.
Six months ago, shovels first pried loose the skeleton of this Civil War soldier buried 145 years ago in an unmarked grave [...]
I suppose this painting could also be called "Communion" or possibly "Body & Soul"
Buy this original 12" x 16" watercolor $450. and help Kalein.org
[...]PHIFER PAVITT Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley Date Night 2006 Score: 93 | $75
Well-crafted, tight and structured, with a complex blend of currant, boysenberry, black cherry and plum fruit [...]
I completed this watercolor today for my first assignment as artist-in-residence at O'More College of Design. I was inspired talking to students Josh and Andy today about the possibilities of computer enhancement of my watercolors, so I did an experiment. Tell me which one you prefer. The first' [...]
All photos by me. Music by the one and only John Scott Evans who joined us on the trip and provided a beautiful music backdrop to our experience.
[...]The photo gives a reasonable impression of the spectacular sunset view last night from the backyard of Tenstone Estate, home of the "Kalein Does Napa Retreat". At Kalein, we celebrate all artisitic genres, including agriculture's highest art form, wine-making.
Yesterday, several of us enjoyed an [...]
I feel as though I have been dropped into a movie. As I write this outdoors sitting in front of a blazing fire, I feel the gentle chill of a California Napa morning on my arms. The fog rolls in over [...]
Buy a Limited Edition Signed & Numbered Archival Print of Five Selected Original watercolors by Randy Elrod while they last.
These exquisite and beautiful prints are 9"x12" and are painstakingly reproduced on archival watercolor paper and signed and numbered. Only small odd numbers of each print remain.
If you have not been [...]
By Randy Elrod
We now live in an automagical world. A world that is composed of not one future, but multiple futures. A world of self-chosen communities or tribes that are nodes in large, complex networks of such groups. A world in which hierarchal pyramids of control are crumbling and the Taylorism world of [...]
Imagine a gathering that helps the rest of us better understand the world of Web 2.0 and Social Media. A gathering where a complex world is made simple. A gathering of conversations and community. Where Twitter is called a virtual front porch, Google is called a reputation [...]
This movie is produced and directed by really great and talented friends, young and upcoming filmmaker David Kiern, executive producer (and my former co-worker) Ed Smith and (former recreate guest) Mitchell Galin. And it's for a really great cause. If you live in the Nashville [...]
I have been fascinated with the French philosopher Montaigne since Hugh Hewitt challenged me to emulate him and stand as a "Montaigne" beside a like-minded social early adopter.
Have you ever read Montaigne's Essays?
He had a wonderful life. His father waked him each morning with [...]
I had a stimulating discussion with my dear friend Matt Brady last night on a delightful summer evening while enjoying our screened-in back porch. He is currently reading Ayn Rand's "Atlas Shrugged", and as we discussed the pros and cons of "Objectivism", he subsequently asked me [...]
At first, we felt we were quite optimistic to think we would get over 1,000 completed results to the Sex, Lies & Religion survey. Imagine our surprise, when in just 13 short days and after only 32 Tweets and one mass e-mail to around 2,000 people, we [...]
This is one of the feral beauties that wander wild on Cumberland Island, GA - one of the most stunningly beautiful places on earth. I "captured" her in watercolor around noon on the unspoiled and isolated beach. She was stunning.
[...]Michael Hyatt and Thomas Nelson proved the consummate hosts today as LifeWork 2.0 made its first appearance in Nashville, TN. 49 people were in attendance and they were attentive, inquisitive and eager to learn. Spence and I can toot our own horn and [...]
I am excited to announce the unveiling of my new book project that has been in development for over a year.
The Book:
Sex, Lies & Religion (Enjoying The Freedom of Unconditional Sexuality)
Have you ever had an experience with God that exceeds your most wild [...]
"A desirable element of art is beauty and when the artist combines beauty with the provocative sensuality of the nude body confusion occurs in some viewers regarding the issue of vulgarity. Nudity has the power to incite various emotions such as surprise, uneasiness and intimacy. So the" [...]
1. Adjust oven rack to lower middle position and heat oven to 325' [...]
"Musical Nude" Original Watercolor 12"x16" Unframed $400. All the profits from my watercolors go to Third World relief and to our non-profit Kalein Center For Creative Studies
[...] Join me for a once-in-a-lifetime trip to Napa Valley. We will stay for seven glorious days August 30 - Sept.6 at the exclusive Tenstone Lodge and personally meet some of my favorite (and Napa's greatest) winemakers such as Mike Hendry, Dave Miner,
It feels as though some of you may be more upset that I did not make the "Top Ten" of the Dream Job than I am.
Here are a few honest thoughts running through my head at this moment...
- Maybe it was because I am not [...]
Wine Spectator Magazine reports the 2007 vintage for California Zinfandel is the fourth in a series of strong harvests for the variety. What distinguishes the best of these new Zinfandels is a greater sense of balance and focus than in vintages past, as winemakers' [...]
The Skylight
You were the one for skylights. I opposed
Cutting into the seasoned tongue-and-groove
Of pitch pine. I liked it low and closed,
Its claustrophobic, nest-up-in-the-roof
Effect. I liked the snuff-dry feeling,
The perfect, trunk-lid fit of the old ceiling.
Under there, it was all hutch and hatch.
The blue slates kept the heat like midnight [...]
Voting is a TWO STEP Process that will take you only 70 seconds.
1) Simply go HERE, watch my one minute video, then enter your e-mail address and vote it your favorite.
2) The vote will NOT count until you click the link in the verification e-mail you will promptly receive. [...]
We had a few friends over Wednesday evening to taste all the offerings that Murphy-Goode has to offer and everyone agreed that the wines are rockin' good.
We really loved the Sauvignon Blanc, Alexander Valley Claret, and the Cabernet and the overwhelming favorite was the Snake' [...]
Margarita Mix
8 oz. fresh squeezed lemon juice
24 oz. fresh squeezed lime juice
2 cups of sugar (I use 2 cups Splenda)
96 oz. of water
Mix together in a gallon jug or similar
Can be refrigerated and used later
Margarita (serves 2)
11 oz. of above mix
3 oz. Jose Quervo Especial Gold [...]
This beautiful trio's Mom & Dad, Carlos & Heather enjoyed 48 Hours Of Solitude at Kalein@Round Cove with Chris and myself this past weekend.
Moments of fishing, mentoring, cave wine tasting, gardening, feasting, coffee, music and much more.
To see what Carlos has to say, [...]
I have a rather daunting list of life goals, so to check one off the list is a big honkin' deal. Today, I took off yet another. A triathlon.
Several factors made this an unusually satisfying completion. First, I am not a swimmer. A total beginner.' [...]
by Rhonda Kemp
I grew up in a small rural town in middle Tennessee where the only restaurants were hamburger joints, barbecue shops, or a catfish fry. So it was a real treat to be invited to participate in a Mother/Daughter lunch road trip. Most of the time we headed [...]
For better and for...worse, the combination of these simple words into profound thoughts have changed my life forever. I have used the word anonymous to protect the guilty. I gratefully credit the ones that have changed my life in a positive (and sometimes painful) way.
"You can" [...]
Makes enough to sauce 1 pound Fettucine pasta
Ingredients
1 TBLS Unsalted Butter
1/2 small onion minced
1 small carrot peeled & minced
1 small rib celery minced
1/2 Tsp. Salt
1 lb. Ground Sirloin 90/10
1/4 cup Heavy Cream mixed with 1 1/4 cup Skim Milk
1 tsp Nutmeg (Two-1/2 tsp increments)
1 1/4 cups [...]
I mostly live life in a surreal world. So it rare to have extreme other-worldly flashbacks such as I experienced last night while sitting in the Tennessee Performing Arts Center. The flashbacks consisted of gauzy images of impromptu "fashion" shows complete with roller skates and makeshift [...]
I am thrilled to announce Ian Morgan Cron (author of Chasing Francis) and I will facilitate a Kalein Contemplative Retreat June 23-24, 2009 at the 2,000 acres and lodge of Round Cove. This retreat will be open only to the first six registrants.
Our [...]
My friend and Sol [...]
Cumberland Island provides a window to the past. One of the last first great places on earth.
Our friends Tony & Amy Gillette swept us away for three days to this place that can only be described as a combination of the island in the television series [...]
I will be hosting a benefit wine/chocolate tasting to benefit Liam Thiessen, Sunday evening, May 31, 7pm at Sol On Main Restaurant in downtown Franklin, TN
Liam (pictured) was born in December 2008 with Down Syndrome. His Dad Jeremy has been in the artist mentoring [...]
When/Where
May 14, 2009 Orlando, FL - First Baptist Church Orlando
May 15, 2009 Franklin, TN - TBA
June 13, 2009 Seattle, WA - [...]
We’ve added a date to LifeWork 2.0 Seminar. May 14, 2009 in Orlando, FL. The following day we will also have another seminar in Franklin, TN. These dates are filling up so if you plan to attend please sign up soon! You can sign up by going to www.lifeworkseminar.com
After 29 years in an office job, it has been quite an adjustment to work at home every day. In surviving three years now, here are 10 tips to a better life in your home office.
1) Ditch your alarm clocks if possible.
One of the great [...]
Imagine my surprise a few weeks ago when witnessing a veritable Twitter tsunami about a conference in South Carolina at another one of those churches teaching other churches to be like them. The twitters were flying everywhere - some angry and some worshiping. I DM'd a' [...]
The August 2007 issue of Fast Company magazine recognizes Nashville as a city on the verge - as one of five Cultural Centers shaping the world's future.
A convergence city possesses opportunity (a culture that nurtures creative action and game-changing enterprise), innovation (investing in physical, cultural, [...]
The white dogwood tree that springs to life in our front yard each April serves as a beautiful reminder of what Christ did that morning we call Easter.
"Christ came to earth as man to redeem us in ALL that we are. If He had only needed" [...]
Spence Smith and I snapped this a few minutes ago on my iPhone after the elk (over 100 of them) ran in front of my truck. Extraordinary moment!
[...]The snow falling quiet, soft and slow outside (looks like we may have over a foot here before its over) reminds me of my favorite song of the year.
Winter Snow is the sort of song that mesmerizes and then enchants. I met the writer, Audrey [...]
The last road trip my Dad and I took was when I was fifteen. That would be over thirty-four years ago. To put the year 1973 into perspective - Nixon was President, Ms Billy Jean King defeated Bobby Riggs in a tennis match billed as the [...]
My dear friend and wine connoisseur Dan Perkins has written a wonderful post at Wine For Novices
"It’s March in Napa and it’s my favorite time of year to visit. Generally this is due to less crowding but specifically it’s because of the Mustard Festival, which begins" [...]
Words cannot adequately describe the experience I had Saturday evening at Kalein@Round Cove. On the occasion of the first ever Kalein 48 Hours of Solitude "One On Ones" with David Ballard- he agreed to break the solitude for a "once in a lifetime" experience.
We placed a beautiful [...]
Excerpted from a chapter called "The Naked Truth" in my newest book which I am currently writing. Representation: Eames Literary Services.
"No matter how the artist poses the nude human body, it should always possess a longing for its own sacred dignity. While the artist should respect the harmony and truth" [...]
One-On-Ones - featuring -
48 hours of solitude at the fabulous lodge on the 2,000 acres of Kalein @ Round Cove A full mentoring day with Randy Elrod featuring a safe non-judgmental environment and "anything goes" conversation while hiking the stunning Tennessee bluffs and trails OR just sitting and talking on the porch looking over [...]
