Hidden Dunes

Our Michigan cabin is buried under 40 inches of snow. Our friends Chet and Bill will take some photos and email them to me in Florida. I'll do a companion piece to this one I just finished of the place just before the snow season started. We are not sorry we didn't go north for Christmas.

Christmas Wishes

My Christmas wish is that our brilliant new President will bring solutions to our financial crisis, an end to this endless war in Iraq and full equality to all.

Another Still Life

Continuing his tradition of unusual subjects, Kirk gave us this asian assemblage to paint last week. Actually I'm more pleased with this than the prior effort.

Never Shown Before

I did this painting at the Las Olas Art Center a couple of years ago. It hangs in the foyer of our apartment. It is an imaginary view of The Everglades.

An Unusual Still life

OK so a pomegranate, a toy giraffe and a green vase is a weird choice for a still life, but it is what was offered in a class at Kirk's studio the past two weeks. I'm not unhappy with the result.

Some Favorite Paintings

I don't have any new work to post today, so I'm adding a few of my favorites from my personal collection.

Getting in the groove

This was my second week back in class at Kirk Nicklas Studio. This drawing is the first one I am almost satisfied with. Now if I could get the whole figure on the page---.

Whats wrong with this picture?

I seem to be the only one who likes this painting. Wish I knew how to fix it.

A Challenge

It is very challenging for me to draw hands and feet well. This is the closest I've come to getting hands right.

View from our apartment

Sitting on our lanai you get this view (except I changed our carport awning to a house).

Getting set up

My partner Gregg and I made it in good time from Jacksonville and got the apartment set up yesterday. He is off voting; doing his bit to change this red state to blue. I'm ready to start painting.

This is a scene in our neigborhood, painted a couple of years ago.

Fort Lauderdale here we come

I am looking forward to the sun (no more hurricanes please) and excitement of Ft. Lauderdale and especially resuming my drawing class at Kirk's studio. Here's a sample of what I did there last winter.

Another rescue

The top photo is the revised painting, a view of the northern California coast near Big Sur. I hope you agree it is an improvement over the original.

The first new painting

This is a painting I started a couple of years ago. I'm glad I didn't toss it out.

A new Beginning

After a two year hiatus, I am beginning to paint again. My old website doesn't have much appeal so I thought Id try blogging. I will be showing my art and rambling on about stuff that interests me. I hope you will follow along