Self Portrait
This was a challenge. I've never tried a serious portrait, but a face is just another object. You look at shapes and their relationship to the shapes around them and just put them down. But we all know...
View ArticleThe Hermit's House and the Bridge to Nowhere
It's been more than a month since I've tried painting. Just lots of paperwork and organization going on, mundane stuff that just gets in the way. But you learn to paint by painting and I felt the...
View ArticleCatching Up
There are a million excuses why I don't paint more often. They ricochet off the walls of my skull, streaking through the lobes of my brain leaving trails of guilt because I know they're false. I just...
View ArticleAcknowledging Dad Jokes
This blog is an examination of my creative process, sorta. In the last year plus it's become a journal of my struggles with learning to paint. I say "learning" because it's the first time I've taken a...
View ArticleWhy IS a Raven Like a Writing Desk?
The March Hare never answered it in the Disney version of Alice in Wonderland. It was just a set up to, "Careful! She's stark ravin' mad!" A quick google revealed that Lewis Carroll had no answer in...
View ArticleJack-O-Lantern Night
The more time passes, the more I appreciate the mood of this painting. The mood was intentional. The pathway to getting it was a mix of blind luck, frustration, and pushing through the ugliness. And...
View ArticleA Plan for Yosemite
The two biggest positives about this piece is nothing you can see. Number one, due to a planned power outage in my neighborhood for maintenance, I use the time to paint and completed a painting in less...
View ArticleClouds and Palms
I gave myself a couple of assignments. The best clouds in my paintings were complete accidents, so I tried a painting of just clouds. It would’ve been easier if I had chosen a single thunderhead over a...
View ArticleEnd of the Year Dump
Once again, I've let months go by without posting. It's not like I've been painting up a storm. In fact, it's quite the opposite of that. I had a photo of my granddaughter making an extremely ugly...
View ArticleNothing Yet
It's April 23, 2022. The only "paintings" I've done this year were watercolor and ink pieces of my animated characters. Some were sent out without being scanned. Here's a few of them.
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