An Artist.....

I f elt the Ontario Canada earthquake today at work. I was working on my computer and thought I was getting dizzy, and then I recognized w...

Well, its been a good week at the new condo, but I have been moving pretty slow getting things done. Here are a couple of quick shots of the...

I'm in my new place. Exhausted and of course, need to put away all the 'stuff'. I've hopped on a neighbor's wireless to ...

Getting down to the wire for the big move! I think I have packed and organized as much as I can for now. Closing(s) are this coming Friday a...

Spanky Sept 1992 - May 2010 My buddy for 18 years. 

I'm a big fan of abstract paintings, but never had the confidence to get the look I wanted in my own work. Yesterday, I visited one of t...

The group met at Glacier Ridge Metro park on Saturday to paint. It was a lovely day, lots of sun and a nice temperature, although after 3 ho...

Nothing much happening on the painting front here....Nope, haven't painted the last two Saturdays. Last week, it was nasty weather and a...

Yesterday, our group met at Slate Run Metro Park, at the Buzzard Roost picnic area. A few of us setup under the shelter house with a view of...

 'Spring Red Buds', 5 x 7, Oil on canvas board The group met at Highbanks Metro Park yesterday. It was brisk - about 45 degrees wit...

Happy to report that things are going well with the sale of the house. We got back the appraisal which was fine, and the inspection report w...

We have a winning offer! A young family viewed the house on Tuesday...they came back on Wednesday to look again, and submitted an offer on F...

"John in Pastel", 8 x 10, soft pastels on velour paper Today our painting group had a 'micro' workshop on portrait painti...

"Green Apples and Cabbage Roses", 8 x 10, oil on canvas wrapped panel I wanted to do more to this, but everyone said, "don...

"Tomatoes" - oil on shellac'd museum board, 5 x 7 This was last week's painting, that I forgot to post. It was painted as...

This is a tree at a little park where I walk. I love this tree. Unfortunately, its dead and has been for some time. Its huge. I noticed the...

I've been silent about the progress with the house sale, because there hasn't been much progress. I've had a good number of show...

Today with the painting group, I got my pastels out and did this small painting. It's been awhile since I used my pastels and I still en...

I did these two little 5 x 7 oils on canvas boards yesterday at the group painting session. I tried using a palette knife for the first time...

Glad to be back at our Saturday group painting at the art center. We missed last week because of the snow storms. Here's my work from ...

Saturday, the group met to paint together. I took along this picture from 2005 taken in Sedona - I think this is near Cathedral Rock? I star...

The plein air group met again at the arts center to paint inside today. Actually, it was probably warm enough to paint outside today, but we...

Yesterday, the plein air group met at the arts center to paint inside. I took along a photo to paint from, that I took last July at one of o...

 This month's challenge location for Bill Guffey's Virtual Paintout is Corsica France. Above is the view that I selected of 2 Ro...

Showings have resumed on the house - one is visiting while I type this and another is scheduled for tomorrow evening. Sunday we will be hold...

Intermission , 8 x 10, pastel on suede matboard Desperate to find something interesting to paint, here is a pair of old Mother of Pearl op...

Here's my next attempt at a still life. I sure picked some colorful objects to paint, huh? This shows the setup and the first pass at ...

Well, I painted this afternoon. I felt like its been forever since I painted.  I made a 'box setup' to be able to light my still li...