I am focusing on my art, online presence & 2025 show schedule.
Lakeview Park, Nampa
I will have the same spot as last year, with a full 20x20 booth, live demonstrations as always.
Lakeview Park, Nampa
Ford Idaho Center, Nampa, Idaho
I will have the same spot as last year, live demonstrations as always.
Ford Idaho Center, Nampa, Idaho
Expo Idaho, Boise
I will have the same spot as last year, live demonstrations as always.
Expo Idaho, Boise
My original paintings are created using professional oils, acrylics, and mixed media techniques. Many of my acrylics are layered and varnished to achieve the richness of oils.
My art captures the transformative power of color, texture, and emotion—turning fleeting moments into timeless expressions that inspire, uplift, and connect.
Every piece is truly one-of-a-kind, hand-painted, and created with care—I paint predominantly on fine artist canvas board, standard sizes. All works are varnished.
Blank canvases and empty displays motivate me to create! I know, it's crazy, but it's how I operate. Enjoy!
Thank all of you who came to visit at Nampa Festival of the Arts, who appreciate my work, and were kind to choose a painting(s) to carry home. By sharing my creations with you I feel I have attained my long -life's journey to enrich your lives with peace and joy!
I explain in the blog '90 ta' nuttin' about this week' painting frenzy. Enjoy!
My recent booth 3 hours from home in 100 degree weather! Because I am prolific due to dyslexic and autistic complications, I paint fast and a LOT! I painted 6 live during this 2 day art in the park in Shoshone, Idaho.
From first display art setup end of college in 1967, through many years travel from 1976, over 14 states, setting up 40 shows a year, this video shows my most recent engineered art booths.
Each venue demands creative and versatile setups, unique to that event and encountered conditions. Art for me, emerges from overcoming dual neurodivergent traits: my brain processes information in a way that is not typical of most individuals. So I sacrifice some normal abilities for what has become an insane ability and passion to paint fast and a lot!
The original works of art showcased on my website may seem to have "no rhyme or reason" when it comes to pricing. But there is, in fact, a method to my madness.
I’ve always been prolific. Painting is more than what I do—it’s who I am. At this stage of my life, I paint nearly every day, sometimes completing several pieces in one sitting. My mind is brimming with ideas that demand to be set free.
Each painting begins with a clear vision. I approach it with intention and focus, using painting as a discipline that helps me navigate the challenges of my neurodivergent mind. Every canvas is a puzzle, a mental workout, and a leap of trust. I push myself with new ideas, methods, and techniques. Some pieces land just right. Others miss the mark. I accept them all.
And that’s where pricing comes in.
When a painting doesn’t fully capture what I had in mind—if it doesn’t meet my standard—I price it low. Sometimes as low as $20. Not because it isn’t beautiful, but because it didn’t achieve what I set out to do. I rarely rework a piece. Instead, I let it stand as part of my journey and move forward.
On the other hand, when I feel I’ve hit the mark—when a painting reflects my full vision and ability—I price it accordingly. It carries the value of growth, effort, and experience.
My pricing is not just about time or materials. It’s about the relationship between what I imagined and what I accomplished. It’s about honesty.
I know that not every painting will speak to every person. That’s okay. Art is personal. Some of my low-priced pieces have found homes where they’re deeply cherished. And some of my most refined works have waited patiently for the right person to connect with them.
So if the numbers on my site seem a little unpredictable, now you know why. My prices reflect not just the art—but the artist, too.
Some people slow down as they age. Me? I just paint faster.
I’m heading toward 80 this fall, and I haven’t stopped slinging paint, stacking canvases, or chasing the next idea. My body has slowed, sure—my hands cramp, my knees groan, and I sometimes forget where I was headed with the brush. But the creative force inside me? It’s stronger than ever. If anything, aging has concentrated my artistic energy, like a fine reduction simmered low and slow over decades.
I am, quite simply, prolific. Not as a brag, but as a fact. I paint daily. Sometimes dozens in a day. No prints, no copies, no automated series. Just one original after another, from heart to hand to canvas.
And yes, they’re originals. Always.
Getting older isn’t just about slowing down or adapting—it can be a superpower. I’ve had decades to refine my voice, deepen my palette, and understand the pulse of what moves me to create. I know how to follow an obsession, how to let my brain spiral in full royal flourish until a theme works itself out. And I trust that spiral.
Yes, I fight back against the toll aging has taken. But I don’t resist the wisdom, the clarity, or the intensity it brings to my work. I’m still standing. I’m still flinging paint like it’s 1975.
I’ve watched the art world shift over my decades as a working artist. The market is flooded with giclée prints, reprints, and mass-produced canvas transfers. You can buy someone’s art printed on a T-shirt, coffee cup, shower curtain, and mousepad.
That’s not me.
I sell only one-of-a-kind original paintings, because that’s what I believe in. A painting should carry the energy, spontaneity, and spirit of its creator. Each piece I make holds a story, a moment in time, a flicker of something real. And there’s only one of them.
Collectors come to my booth and often ask, “Do you make prints?” My answer is always the same: “Nope. If it speaks to you, it’s one of a kind."
Simon Tate Impressions
si@simontateimpressions.com
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