“Canyon View” 16 x 20 oil on canvas
Towering deodar trees frame a hillside overlooking Chevy Chase Canyon in Glendale, California. There is a little park where Linda Vista meets Figueroa. if you hike down a trail out of the park, this is the view.
This is one of six paintings I’ll be bringing to […]

Well, the show was kind of a bust. In fact, I don’t think any of my fellow CAC members sold anything and there were plenty of folks there showing absolutely gorgeous work. There were precious few attendees in the beginning, more arrived in the middle, and at the end of the day, by far the […]

As I have probably mentioned before on this blog, our daughter, Kel, is presently a first year MBA student at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. This year, on spring break, she and 34 of her classmates went on a tour of business centers of India as the culmination of a quarter of […]

I was away for a long weekend of movies, art and photography in Palm Springs and environs. New art coming up soon, please check back later Monday after I get some things scanned. Thanks, Karen.

Study of a chicken … 5″ x 6″ - gouache on recycled paper
I thought the recycled paper worked well for this. In fact, the little bits of fiber in the paper reminded me of the sort of straw and dust found in barnyard environments and gave me a nice midtone to work against.

This month’s Blind Contour Friday theme is spooky so I drew a skull courtesy of the Milwaukee Public Museum of Natural History. The bat I just had hanging around my belfry. Links to the rest of the Blind Contour cult can be found here. Blind contour drawings are done looking at the subject, not […]

It’s not a new painting, but it’s something to keep the spot warm (or cool, as the case may be) while I’m out near the Rose Bowl with the paint out gang.
This was painted last year for the Illustration Friday theme of Jazz.
Anyway, today, Tuesday, is the birthday of Charlie Parker AKA Bird […]

Presented for your consideration, a portrait of my all time favorite snack. Yes, I am a pretzel addict. I like chips but could pass them up. Candy? I have only a vague interest. I can even pass up chocolate. But I absolutely adore pretzels, a taste acquired, I’m sure, from my Pennsylvania Dutch forbears.
Here […]

This was my other watercolor sketch at the arboretum, the one that I took the most time with. From our shady spot under some tall sycamores, I watched this area as the light transformed over a period of a few hours. Changing light is probably THE most challenging part of plein air painting and I […]

We have a vet appointment to take Mandu in this afternoon in about an hour an a half. She’s just become very weak in the last two days and no longer has much interest in lapping milk, walking around or bathing. There’s no point in putting her through a long weekend with no vet available […]