This really great story collector from Minnesota named Tommy Mischke came to my house to talk to me about my life.

You can hear our conversation here

The Mischke Roadshow: Episode 121 / Alabama

I don't know what to do in times like these except to continue to create... making something as beautiful as I can. 

Everything other than this pandemic seems a bit meaningless right now. Everything is just so heavy... but just maybe this could be a small vacation from all that heaviness. 

I've spent the last several days learning how to make videos for my sawngs. Here is the videos I have made in quarantine

Another highlight of the 30A Songwriters Festival was that I got to meet one of my songwriting heros. Thanks to my good friend and famous photographer Rick Diamond and my manager and producer of the festival Russell Carter, I got to go back stage and meet none other than the man himself, JOHN PRINE!

Photo By: Rick Diamond

Photo By: Cathy Partridge

The 30A Songwriter Festival was amazing to say the least, but one of the highlights was meeting Mike Wolfe of History Channel's " American Pickers". We hung out at Monet Monet, the gallery hosting my art, Thursday, during the songwriters VIP party. He was so kind and inspiring. We had the best conversations. He purchased 4 of my original paintings that night and came to my showcases on Saturday and Sunday.Photo By: Michelle Roche

Photo By: Rick Diamond. Pictured Left to Right: Shawn Byrne, Abe Partridge, Mike Wolfe, Caleb Caudle, John Paul White

"Partridge's raw, emotional attack and stirringly honest lyricism balanced between the deeply, heart-achingly personal and the political. Partridge was one of the most compelling artists I stumbled upon."

30A Songwriter Festival Review - No Depression

"It was horrible and ugly and I couldn't resist painting it"

Click on the pictures to read more...

100% of the money from the painting and the art prints will be going to the McKemie Place, a local homeless shelter for women in Mobile, AL. If you don't want to bid on the painting or buy a print, please consider donating to them directly in honor of this cause, at http://mckemieplace.org. Thank you, Love

Abe has opened an additional online store at StoreFrontier™ [CLICK HERE TO ENTER], to give you the opportunity to purchase apparel with more choices of his original folk art! He still has merch available on this site, so don't forget to check out the "STORE" tab as well.