Some digitalized paintings of mine

My First Grandson!!!

Hello World, I am Landon Paul Adkins. I am the son of Brittany Peters, nephew of Logan, and Grandson of Curtis and Kathy Adkins. I was born on Election Day November 4th 2008 at 7:21pm. The nurses at Integris Regional Hospital here in Oklahoma said I weighed 7 pounds even and was a whopping 20 inches long!

The Pride of NE OK

More Graduation Pics

My Lil' Girl Graduates

MHS GRADUATE 2008

Seems the sadness never ends at times...

It has been over three long weeks since my favorite old garbage hound Lucy left me for that garbage pile in the sky. The old girl was about seventy in dog years and an outright codger at that, but very loving and lovable! She lived among us for nearly eight years and was more family than most my aunts and uncles are at this point. It tore my heart out to carry her off to the vet for her final journey, but she always did love a good car ride no matter how short it might have been!

Dateline 17 April 2008, I turned 44 and I learned that my Brother Ron Heinle died in his home sometime between 3/11/08 and 3/14/08. It has been a somber and empty 5 days since. I don't know what to do with myself. He was my paternal half-brother and I've only known him since the summer of '89 but some people only have a couple of decades here on earth...We lived together for a time and we mourned our father's death together...I don't think you can get any closer to another human being other than marriage and child rearing...I guess what I'm saying is I will miss him and it feels like another connection to my father as been torn away...Signed Sad In NE OK (Ron is on your far left)

Call me

And You think you had a bad day!

Snake Invasion, St. Pierre, Martinique, 1902: A combination of geologic and natural phenomena led to this strange event in 1902. Volcanic activity in the “Bald Mountain” of Martinique wasn’t unusual, so few people noticed when tremors and ventholes began occurring in April. By May, however, ash was raining down and the awful smell of sulfur permeated the air, forcing thousands of fer-de lance snakes from their mountainside homes. The poisonous snakes took up residence in human quarters, killing over 50 people and countless animals before being largely destroyed by feral cats and soldiers. The Guerin Sugar Works, two miles northwest of St. Pierre, was also affected when invaded by swarms of speckled ants and foot-long centipedes, which bit unfortunate horses and workers who tried to subdue them. Unfortunately, the calming of animal and insect populations wouldn’t make much difference, as a few weeks later the volcano sent a wave of boiling mud down the mountainside setting off the chain of events resulting in the cataclysmic eruption of Mt. Pelée killing all but two of the 30,000 residents of St. Pierre.

Traveling Masks

These five pieces are on their way to Ft. Scott, Kansas to be put in a second gallery...details are forthcoming!

     

Happy New Year?

To all my friends who sent me best wishes in 2007, or promises of good luck if I forwarded something, it did NOT WORK. For 2008, could you please just send either money, chocolate or gas vouchers.

Thank you!

One of my recent works at the Gregory Krepps Gallery all of this month

"Grandma's Roses"

The Next Big Thing...

MIAMI CERAMIC ARTIST PARTICIPATES IN 6TH ANNUAL HOLIDAY SHOW AND SALE

Members of the Midwest Clay Artists group are preparing for their sixth annual show and sale – this year to be held in Pittsburg Kansas. The show includes both decorative and functional works of hand built and wheel thrown ceramics and the work of Miami artist Curtis Adkins will be featured. The show will be hosted by the Gregory Krepps Studio at 113 West 5th Street in Pittsburg and will run from December 1st to January 1st. The show will be open Monday through Saturday from 11am-5pm. An artists’ opening reception will be held on December 1st from 6:30 – 9:00 pm. The public is invited to attend and refreshments will be served.

Missouri artists in the group include Jed Schlegel (Joplin), Frank A. Pishkur (Joplin), Daria Claiborne (Joplin), Connie Knudtson (Joplin), Richard and Debbie Reed (Joplin), Jim Christman (Joplin), Brad Kleindl (Joplin), Rita Moore (Joplin), Jon Fowler (Joplin), Helen Ryan (Carthage), Graham Ryan (Carthage), Brent Skinner (Diamond), and Lori Doty (Rolla).

Kansas artists include Gregory Krepps (Pittsburg), Sylvia Shirley (Pittsburg), and Bobbi Kemna (Fort Scott).

Oklahoma artist Curtis Adkins (Miami) is also included.

For more information about the group and to see photographs of some of their artwork, please visit the web site at www.midwestclayartists.com.

Thanksgiving has gone...another turkey bites the dust!

We are very thankful for all of our military, past and present, for giving us a chance at freedom and for friends and family for loving us even though they know us completely! Most of all we are thankful for a God in heaven that loves and cares for us mind, body, and soul! Curtis