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Bikers is another in an ongoing sports series. Several family members have cycled seriously and Luke and I have a tandem bike that we occasionally drag around the Yorktown battlefields. So this sport has been of interest. It has movement and color and even though the painting is tiny 8x10 I think it packs a good deal of excitement ...

Chinatown started as something else which is par for the course in my painting life. It started as another New Orleans street scene but I guess I must have added a sign with red in it that spoke more of memories of chinatowns in various cities. So if you will forgive my unedited use of  squiggles to represent signage and think more of an impression than the real life street you will have an idea ...

Bourbon Street Tango is a work that resulted from a trip to New Orleans in February.   I was walking in the French Quarter and happened upon a group of musicians and a dancing couple.  I joined the crowd to watch them perform for the next hour and bought their CD.   I play their CD when I want to paint something that has movement such as these dancers.  I actually dance while I am painting ...

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Now that I am getting more familiar with the act of blogging I hope be be a frequent blogger (do I get miles?? ...

What's that sound? Where is is coming from? Oh- there ...

I have refused for years to ride the coasters at Busch Gardens- the Alpengeist, Apollo's Chariot, Griffon. But there we were at SeaWorld standing beneath the riders on this thing called the "Manta" with everyone around me commenting on "how smooth " it is etc etc blah blah. So maybe it was the heat (94?) but I decided I would ride it but it had to be right then and there before I lost my ...

This is a painting of a man and after it was done I saw something that resembled a bicycle so it became bicycle mechanic ...

I love the idea of sitting around over a cup of coffee ...

Hi all Here it is the end of summer and beginning of the school year for many - even grandparents are involved in that process-  and when you catch your breathe you can ruminate on life (don't you just love that word?) . I hope to ruminate more on tis site- after the holiday! I took photos of 2 works in progress to post on this blog but unfortunately they are in cyberspace-until my tech guy can ...