Palm Oasis - 12 x 16 oil on canvas
2007 goals are here.
This time a year ago, I posted the following goals which I’ve tried to keep in mind through the months.
My recap and plans for 2008 are in bold.
1. Stay focused. My primary goal will be to continue […]

“Duck and ducklings” 6 x 8 acrylic on matboard
On Saturday afternoon, just before sunset, my husband and son and I decided to take a walk in the Arroyo Seco area of Pasadena, which is spanned by several enormous bridges. A river runs through it, although this time of year […]

I’m on a deadline doing an illustration project for a client, and painting all day long - much to my delight. So I can’t take time to scan and post right now.
Instead I’d like to introduce you to a group photoblog, UpDownRight that daughter LaBelle Kel (right - at Northwestern U. in Chicago) […]

Cat Mandu Winters May 1984 - July 14, 2006

In her favorite old chair, taking a sunbath, in April 2005.

Our son, Michael, took this picture of her when he was home from college. Mandu was born almost a year before Mike, and never let him forget that she had seniority.
You were […]

Yesterday we went to San Diego Wild Animal Park, and these are some quick sketches I did of some gibbons. Because they were in motion most of the time, there was not much opportunity for detail. A suggestion of posture and behavior was about all I got.
I’ll write more later when I scan some other […]

I’ve been tagged by Adriane to reveal some of the innards of different compartments of my life. Sure, I’ll play!
In my fridge, also known as the Winters Vortex:
Half and half for cat Mandu who is making the most of her extreme old age.
Several half empty tins of cat food, because two bites is all she […]

This began as an exercise in concept sketching in Photoshop - creating an imaginary landscape using different brushes and textures - and it just kept evolving. Now I want to know who she is, where she came from, and what would happen if a simple young lad came upon her by surprise … and fell […]

Much of the time I’m unsatisfied with the outcome of what I’m drawing or painting. I’m rarely unsatisfied with the process of practice and learning, just unsatisfied with the result. I think this is natural for a student of any age, and I consider myself a student.
However, every now and then I paint or draw […]

Everybody always talks about spy satellites and eye in the sky technology, but I’m wondering why they don’t have nose in the sky technology. They could use it to find stinko politicians and pork barrel projects that try to masquerade as something else. There’s really no technology better than a nose for finding rotten […]

Don’t let anyone tell you that a little plastic surgery, Botox, some concealer, electrolysis, dental work, and the right accessories don’t make a difference.
Ripley will probably kill me for showing this “before” picture. Down and out, she had hit rock bottom. Too many MilkBones had taken their toll.

But WOW, look at her “after” … […]