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July 2, 2009 - MOM UPDATE - Strength is coming back, spunky and stubborn as usual. She has now had a week of out-patient rehab, and it wears her out. But she does bounce back, A DAY LATER. :-) Her memory is slowly turning back on, and she is smiling, and happy, all the time. 

My family is all pitching in, yard work, and home cooked meals. Thank ya'll for your help.

June 28, 2009 - Sorry about the delay in my ART productivity in the last 50 days, it has been a very trying 50 month and half. News on my MOM's progress will be sent out next week after my sister and I have a conference with her medical staff and are informed of her evaluation and their future suggestion. Till then sit back, put your feet up and take a gander at my latest ART, all of them are FOR SALE.

M Bridge to Music 36"x48" Gallery Wrapped
My friend and photographer Ken Walker took the photo that I based this painting on. He was in a helicopter and it was a perfect day in the Blues City. Look closely, or squint, and you will see a new ICON for Memphis being a Music City.

November on the Mississippi 20"x24" Gallery Wrapped
A sunset view of the M Bridge in Memphis, Tennessee from Mud Island during the chilly, yet undecided month of November. This canvas brings to the viewer the cold, crisp, and stillness of the month

Sunset Stroll in Mississippi 20"x24" Gallery Wrapped
A sunset road to anywhere, anything, and the greatest possibilities you can imagine. 

The Fingers of God 18"x24" Gallery Wrapped
A scene of the magnificence of the power of Light and Shadow in the mystery of Nature.

Glorious Morning 20"x24

Morning Prayer 20"x24"

Peeking Through Natures Blanket 18"x24"

May 12, 2009 - MOM progress report. It appears a small part of MOM's aortic valve broke off and caused the stroke. Since she is getting stronger, she will be moved for 2-3-4 weeks to rehab, for speech therapy, occupational, and physical therapy, then open heart surgery to replace the valve. It is going to be "Long Hot Summer." :-)

May 10, 2009 - MOM had a BAD Stroke on Friday. It appears her Coraded artery is 60 % blocked, and the stroke hit her speech / memory areas in her brain. I have the pleasure of the night shift with my MOM. Last night, thanks to NetFlix we watched classic comedy movies. She laughed.

May 9, 2009 - A Caribbean flavored guitar stool auctioned on May 5, 2009 at the Blues Ball Spring Party.

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May 8, 2009 - Three new paintings added as well as new pictures from the 2009 Blues Music Awards.

April 27, 2009 - Some recent works added to the site today ...

April 25, 2009 - New celebs added including two of this year's American Idol finalists!

March 17, 2009 -

PUPPI'S are in the planning stage for the NEXT Caribbean Adventure.  Departing March 28 from Fort Lauderdale

AT SEA
San Juan
St. Thomas
Tortola
Antigua
At Sea
Nassau
Fort Lauderdale

PUPPI Items for Sale.  Friends, Laddies, Lassies, and PUPPI's all, I'm taking orders for the newest PUPPI shirts.

100 % Cotton white button up Camp Shirts
$20-$40 depending on size

100 % cotton White T-Shirts
$15-$20 depending on size

Giclee $50 signed and remarked.

March 13, 2009 - Two additional Cigar-based works added

SLOW BURN
CEO STYLE

March 9, 2009 - Some photo's from the Dominican.

Me and a few Models attending the Pro Cigar function in the Dominican Republic where Mike Donated 3 paintings to raise money for the ICHF.

Mike having fun with Michele, the Marketing Director of Pro Cigar, and Catherine, the Pro Cigar Director, during the White Party at the base of the Freedom Monument.

Mike with famous movie Star bad-guy Juan Fernandez

Mike with Hendrick the Chairman of the Board of Pro Cigar

The Internation Children's Heart Foundation gave Mike the ability to be a witness of an open heart surgery in the Dominican Republic. Mike was in AWE. "Doctor Mike"

The Operation
The Chest Opening
The Beating Heart

ICU

Two days and ready to go home The Happy Mother, the Surviving Boy, and Bret, the President of the ICHF

March 8, 2009 - Ten new works for you to enjoy (and buy!)

THANK GOD FOR KIDS
SUCCESS
RED CROSS ROSE
A Red Rose was auctioned during a live auction on Valentines Day, February 14, 2009 at the Red Cross's Red Tie Gala, held at Harrah's Casino, in Tunica, MS

SUNSET TREE
I painted this one as a replacement for the painting I had displayed at Renesant Bank in Southaven. I took almost every painting I had around the Mid-South, including my Mom's painting from the Dining Room to display at my January 9 - February 21 show.
SUNSET BAY
My favorite scene when I'm in the Caribbean. In just days (March 28 - April 5) the PUPPI's and I will be sitting on a beach, watching the sunset, drinking Bacardi Rums, feeling the warm breeze, while resting in a hammock beneath swaying Palm Trees.
'YES WE DID' YES WE WILL
Painted for the Washington DC Based Friends Fighting Cancer

BRING THE LIGHT
LEARN TO FLY
CIGAR #1
Three of Mike's cigar paintings were auctioned during a live auction at Pro Cigar in the Dominican Republic (February 18-21). The $40,000 that was raised during the night benefited the International Children's Heart Foundation, as well as aided Dr. Ramirez in the construction of a Children's Heart Surgery Hospital in the Dominican Republic.

CHECKERD FLAG
Someone noticed a awhile back that I never painted a Nascar canvas,...now I have

January 4, 2009 - Art show preview!

Good for the Heart original acrylic 12"x36"
Self Motivation original acrylic 24"x30" Gallery Wrapped
Metamorphosis original acrylic 18"x18"
River Front Loop 24"x30" Original Acrylic Gallery Wrapped

Three Horses and a Cowboy 12"x36" Original Acrylic
Mississippi Sunset 12"x36" Original Acrylic

The Tide 20"x20" Original Acrylic Gallery Wrapped
The Butterfly 20"x20" Original Acrylic Gallery Wrapped

January 3, 2009 -

ART SHOW BENEFITING THE WINGS FOUNDATION

The next Michael P. Maness ART show will be to help raise money for the Wings Cancer Foundation in Memphis, TN on Friday January 9, 2009, and will be beginning around 6 PM.

Location will be at the West Clinic at 100 N. Humphrey's Blvd, in East Memphis, right off Walnut grove.

These will be paintings that signify the symptoms and side-effects of Cancer. Not the physical torture and pain, but the mental side-effects of the success of being a survivor. Paintings will represent the Peace / Hope / Solitude / Metamorphosis / and the YES I Can feeling of beating the beast.

The party, will be from 6-9 PM, with an Open Bar provided by the Bacardi Family Foundation, Music by Memphis’s own Lannie McMillan, Food and around 25-30 pieces of ART by Michael P. Maness.

Mike Maness will be in Chemo so He will not participate in the Booze, and he'll be sitting down a lot.

Where in the world are Mike's Paintings?
*NEW* Online Map showing where Mike's canvases now live across the country.  Click the image below for a larger view

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