Work included in an upcoming book!
Three of many portraits I made over last few years have been included in a book on portraiture, coming out in April, 2017. Here’s a link to see it’s preview......
Don’t boo, VOTE!
Where is the dialog? Where is the education system? Where are the courses on manners, civic sense and ability to discern facts from opinions? I am against Trump. I am......
Go-u-ache
Is there a reason that all of a sudden one tries to practice in a new medium when they have not practiced their usual medium of choice in a while?......
Celebrating Steve’s 40th
Yvonne, Steve and I painted at Lake Merritt in Oakland to celebrate Steve’s 40th birthday and it was a blast. The weather was picture perfect, I had never been to......
Date night – the date night
If you have had kids or dependents and have long been envious of help your friends get so that you and your date can have a night to yourself, you......
My lovely ash tree
Our ash isn’t doing well given the three years of drought. The water table has fallen too low for even the long roots to find water. We’ve been advised to water......
Lake District
Haystacks behind us. Our spot to paint Lake Buttermere from. Wonder where the dogs went! There they are! Mist, Elkie, Paddy The breakfast at Rickerby Country Grange was always good.......
Charcoal studies
More than studies, it was charcoal binging. Kids were out for a week which meant an unwritten yes to make the living room with yellow fabric chair open to a......
Looking up
Sometimes a time comes when the choices before you aren’t trivial. There are no experiences your own or borrowed to affirm your choices. But then a song comes along and......
Cappuccino
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