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Years ago we had out of town company and they brought their little dog. I don’t know the breed of that dog, but the long hair seemed to be the same length over his face and his rear. Especially when he lay under the table at our feet. You did not know which end was which. Thus the cartoon ...

Just a play in words that perhaps will only register with artists ...

I bet everyone has done this ... tried to “open” a hard copy book or magazine with their fingers ...

A while back, I wrote a blog about packaging. Here's what I wanted to write to packaging manufacturers: "You have taken child-proofing and theft control to such an extreme that most of us – not just the older demographic- cannot open anything without the help of scissors, pliers, wrenches, and in some cases, hammers." This cartoon came out of those thoughts ...

I intended to do a series on Tattoos after many years. I studied the artwork on people wherever I went. But times have changed and now the art is so complicated and covers so much skin that envisioning what it might look like after sagging skin just doesn’t work. Unless you can envision one that is even better than MOM becoming WOW and share it with me ...

This cartoon dates back to the 1980’s when I was a newsroom illustrator for the Daily Press. Ideas and people’s reactions have not changed that much but subscriptions aren’t likely to be hard copy and shopping is more and more online ...

At my age, why am I starting a cartoon series ... It took me 4 years of shlepping myself up to William and Mary College in Williamsburg (about 30-45 minutes from my home) while dealing with a new home, two babies, and a husband trying to start a medical practice in a strange land, to finally be awarded my Master of Education in guidance and counseling. It took me only 30 minutes after being offered ...

It’s the lazy days of summer so I am reduced to my personal musings and gripes about books and movies. I am sure you have your own. Please, authors, stop it with the “2 years earlier” or “5 months earlier” game plan. You may believe it is a neat literary device, but it is not. You just can’t hear the general public yelling oh s—t not again (to themselves). And if a “5 months ago” ...

Like most people I am either in my comfort zone or in a rut, depending on the day, I guess. My painting life is my comfort zone even when I am hating the image on the canvas and finally gesso the whole thing to start again from scratch. Which begins my story. My rut is that I am redoing old themes because my brain cannot conjure up something new and exciting. Then I think maybe ...

I just had a disappointing yet eye-opening painting experience. I had an older painting, a 24x36 canvas that quite dissatisfied me.  I thought I could remove it from the frame and redo it. It was a group of musicians slightly abstract that was part of a series I had found interesting a while ago.  I thought I could make it better. I proceeded to make some changes in color, then repositioned one of the five ...