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I like to write about life when you have a job, some kids, a fixer upper and a fatal disease.

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  • mom, the drama queen

    1) mom plays up her sailing injury (for those who can't spot it, look for the mosquito-bite/zit on temple, near hairline, use zoom as needed). 2)while she moaned, i worked on Haut de Cagnes 1, acrylic on paper, 18" x 26" 3) lesson learned, mom and bert familiarize themselves with new high-tech lifejackets 4) Bert:…

  • life/figure drawing night

    click on an image to see larger version in new window 10-minute figure studies No.11 through No.15 charcoal/sepia pencil/graphite on paper (approx. 12" x 24" to 20" x 28")

  • seeing clearly

    it will be a few days before this one is done, but i like to take shots of work in progress in case i need to see later where i went wrong… Haut de Cagnes 1 (acrylic, 20" x 28"). speaking of seeing, here i am heading out for girls night Saturday, sans lunettes. (yes,…

  • stuck inside

    its a rainy day, after a stormy night so i'm working inside today…lots of piles of stuff to paint around here! including, the Coat Tree (watercolor and oil pastel 10" x 10").

  • man, was i spoiled that week

    i received my CD from Maison des Arts today…Mitch, the tutor, takes digital photos throughout the course week and then compiles a CD for each student, a nice touch, especially for the holiday makers, like the two hysterical British ladies of a certain age (in their 70s!) Jill and Faye that i shared my week…

  • swinging by a halyard

    Bert thought mom and i could hoist him up to repair the mast in something called a boseman's chair (?)….with our pathetic upper arm strength, his little hangman joke didn't seem that far off to me…here he's instructing mom, "now Pat,…" (she hates that). in the end, he got more capable (and willing) help from…

  • 8409945

    this evenings study in oil pastel…a huge palm tree leaf in the wind as night fell…thus, 8:40,9,9:45

  • Bert says i’m on a roll

    neighbors1 orangetree1 orangetree2

  • on the quai

    LTM1, watercolor and oil pastel 18" x 15" SOLD

  • no, i’m not smiling

    started work on a self-portrait (the ladies were too tired this afternoon to pose for me) today, first time i've ever seriously attempted painting a face/portrait (wait, maybe i had to do one at SAIC, yes, i think i did though it was charcoal and pencil)…it was hard work, there is much more to do…