Join my dog on his daily Shakespearean quest, in verse
Spokane Is Burning
A safety update and semi-random thoughts on the wildfires burning in Spokane.
Confidence and Cat Art
In which I worked to boost my confidence in painting cats. Especially the nose!
Painted Palouse landscape art
A gift of a large digital landscape made The Missus’ aunt a happy lady!
The Siren Call of Watercolors
My advice for watercolor artists: seek out others who share your passion and be educated and inspired.
I Love Happy Dog Portraits
There’s nothing better than painting a happy dog! I love doing portrait commissions of smiling pooches. From my perspective, as the artist doing the painting, portraying a happy dog makes the portrait come alive. It adds a great real life quality to the dog, and makes it impossible to dismiss. There’s nothing wrong with a serious dog, and I enjoy painting those portraits as well. But working on a happy, smiling dog portrait is a …
Painting Dog Portraits at a Craft Fair
What’s so interesting about dog painting demos at craft fairs? You never know what’s going to happen next.
New Portraits Added to Samples Page
My portrait samples page has grown a bit with 23 new entries.
Rumors of My Demise…
Yeah, I’m still alive.
Scott Adams and Pascal’s Wager
Scott Adams died today (or yesterday) after a long illness. For the last ten years or more, Scott was a big deal on the internet. He hosted daily “Coffee With Scott Adams” video blogs (do we still call them that, or do we go with vlogs?). He predicted Trump’s win in 2016, when everybody was sure the Wicked Witch of Arkansas was going to take it. Later, he aired some contrary views on race relations …