Yes it’s time to take the brushes and paints outside. The trick is not to take too big of a canvas with you and keep a coat and rain gear handy. Early spring weather changes quickly, so be prepared. You only need three or four brushes, one big, one medium, one for small detail and [...]
Earthquakes, tsunamis, fires, floods, erupting volcanoes and protests that have turned into a mob with rage and anger are occurring. All of North Africa is in rebellion or very close to it. Nuclear power is showing itself to be of great danger especially when coupled with an earthquake. I sit here and paint and pray. [...]
Both Marvin Pincus and Dewey Decker joined us for coffee this morning at the Round Table for the daily gathering of the world dilemma think tank at the Mule Barn truck stop. It was an honor for us, as these two were very busy entrepreneurs: Dewey as chief executive officer of “Environmental Enrichment Services” (he [...]
A lot of people talk about abstract art but very few understand what it is or how it came about and why it continues today. Art has always reflected the mood and psyche of the people even though many artists think they are very individual and unique along with the idea they are only influenced [...]
Doc started it. He told Ardis down at the bank that he needed 200 in small, unmarked bills so he could ransom his pet squirrel. Doc just thought it was funny. No one else did. Everyone was called out to mutilate squirrel nappers except the FBI. Doc doesn’t have a squirrel. Never did. So then, [...]
It’s hard to be in a half-way good mood when so much doom and gloom spills out from TV, over the net and almost every connection with the media
From my kitchen table, I can look out on the path along the creek and see my ambitious neighbors wearing themselves out each morning.
A good artist needs to develop a good visual imagination and build a library of mental images both real and imaginary.
