• Sometimes, the Sky is Purple

    Sometimes, the Sky is Purple

    A lesson in creativity. When I was about 7, we were doing artwork at school. It was a assignment, don’t remember what.  Exclusive of one little boy, the kids at my group of desks, were drawing the sky blue.  That one little boy, was energetically coloring the sky purple.   One of the gaggle of…

  • Kill Them All!

    Kill Them All!

    and let God sort them out later.  Was that from a spaghetti western or a WWII flick?  I know it was a from a movie, or at least, I sure, sure hope that was from a movie.  Unfortunately, in this day, it sounds just horribly like something that would happen in real life. But that…

  • Not for  Sale

    Not for Sale

    My wrist is getting better, and I am savoring (More like salivating over) the prospect doing artwork again.  Yes, in a little more than a week, my cast will be off. A little physical therapy, and I’ll be good to go. After that announcement, I want to know…are you tired of blogs (including mine), trying…

  • When in Doubt….

    Draw a cat!  Cats are fun to draw, and certainly people pleasing art.  It’s a win/win! However, why not dogs? When I was working in the LaGuardia Airport branch of the Metropolitan Museum of Art Gift Shop, we had a display of cat items.  Notepads, notecard, notebooks, everything of note.  A customer came in, said…