New work

I've been having difficulty logging in to the blog.

I just searched for my latest art work and could not find it. I loaded an old piece that I did some time ago. The idea had been around in my sketch book for 10 or 15 years. I think that this is my first attempt at designing a poster since my sign shop days. In those days I regularly made posters for geneticists for use at seminars. This poster was done in Photo Deluxe. And I am a great procrastinatorI have been tinkering with my Logitech webcam. Time lapse photography and stop-motion has always been fun. So why not give it a go. Why not a pseudo masochistic rite performed daily?

4 2 day

While traveling along the Green River in northeastern Utah we came upon this interesting dwelling. It is a dugout house built into the side of a small hill. The timbers were scavenged from the river. The house is interesting in that it has an anteroom before the main room which consists of a bedroom and kitchen combination. There is also a chimney which vents through the roof. In winter the snow covers the entire structure. I thought it made an interesting painting with the variety of textures and earth toned colors. The painting is 8 X 10 acrylic on masonite. This is one of the images from fifty-four days on the road through twenty-three states and forty-five nights in a tent. Did I mension visiting one foreign country?

plein air painting

Recently I had the opportunity to attend a plein air workshop with a nationally know instructor. It was great fun. I had recently gone on a trip across the USA and done some plein air painting. I was taking the workshop to improve my skills. I wanted to recreate some of the scenes i had seen on the road in the plein air style. The workshop I was great in doing this. A plein air painting is nothing more than an oil painting sketch. The above paintings are from that workshop. I can't wait to work from some of the vacation photos.

when to paint?

I have overdone my volunteer activities. When painting and creating was my passion a volunteered for too much other stuff. Now I don't seem to have time to create. I am overcome by projects. I became VP of the Guild without really knowing what all it entailed. The church seems to take up more and more time. I must scale back. blah! blah! blah! blah!

red letter day