It seems to me, that it might be possible to misinterpret my stance on photography as an art form from my post “Just like a photograph”. I consider photography to be a fine art medium, that takes skill and talent.  My feeling, is that to be a truly great photographer, is harder than being a…

It’s not a good day for doing artwork, so I thought I’d post about something for a while ago. After Michael Jackson’s death, I thought someone might appreciate a hand-painted portrait of him.  I painted this, and put it up on eBay. What a disaster.  I was in competition with Chinese artists who work for…

Well, ordinary, pedestrian things in life have gotten me tired.  So not much to post about today. The good thing is that two of my drawings have been accepted into the “In the Place We Live” show.  The sketch for Tree Top Paradise is one, the other is my sketch for through the sycamore.   I’m…

I’ve started work on the chair.  To start with, I’ve done a graphite sketch because I wanted to see how to draw the strong sunlight coming in through the window.  The back is a little wonky, but it gives the idea.   Part of the problem is that I really can’t see, from the photo…

As I was doing the last piece, “Tree Top Paradise”, I got to thinking about the other part of the experience of looking at the tree.  I started to think of the chair I was sitting in, as a peaceful paradise.  Surely, everyone knows what it’s like to have a favorite, welcoming chair.  It occurred…

A while back, I answered an ad on Craigslist for people to design watches featuring Barak Obama.  It was a competition, and three winners would get their watches made and sold, and they’d collect royalties.   I thought I’d give it a try.  I didn’t win, but I was a runner-up, and my prize was to…

Often, intended as a compliment, people will say of an artwork that it looks just like a photograph.  There is a type of artwork called Photorealism that strives to make a painting look like a photograph, but most realistic work is not like that.  A good painting may have photos used as references, but the…

As I’ve started to do these projects, I realize paradise can mean a lot of things to different people.   I’m sure for sports fans, a football stadium can be a paradise.  I’m not going to do a stadium, but I am going to be more open minded about what a paradise is.  Actually, I tried…