In which I present two new drawings along with self-critique and one previous drawing with a far better scan.
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Dreamer & Izzy
It’s been a long time since I’ve posted anything, let alone a pet portrait. To be honest, after Christmas portrait orders fell off a cliff and haven’t bounced back yet. I think the economy is forcing people to cut back on the frills. At any rate, here is one of my absolute favorite Christmas portraits from last year. This is …
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Chainsaw Diary: Spring 2022
If you’ve been wondering what I’ve been up to, well, I’ve been up to my neck in woods for the last couple months.
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Returning to My First Love
About fifteen years ago, a local estate sale organizer tipped my wife off about a couple estate sales, strongly urging that I attend. My wife was one of her regular customers, and somehow she knew I was an artist. So I went, and scored a huge supply of oil paints, canvas, brushes, palettes, paper stock, and even a large flat …
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Twos-day
The relentlessly perky morning radio hosts were going on and on about how today was 2-22-22. They also noted the low temperature was forecast to be 2° and the high temperature was expected to be 22°, which would frankly be a miracle because they’ve got just about every forecast wrong so far this year. All I know is I slept …
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Watercolor Failures
I’ve been failing at watercolor on nearly a daily basis, and I couldn’t be happier.
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Grouchy Loner Enters 7th Decade, Woods; Vows to Avoid Doctors, Tacos
I turned sixty the other day, and I feel great. At least that’s what the nurses told me…
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My Transition: A Very Important Announcement
I am not the man I thought I was on the inside. I’ve been living a lie.