Keeping Up.

I just haven't had much desire to write lately.There is not much to share. I spent Friday at a large booksale that raises money for a local hospital.. It is the biggest used-book sale of the year and people come from other states to attend. I came back with a lot of artbooks. It is a fun sale and I go every year. I found a book of Winslow Homer's watercolors. There was a book about art theory titled "No Second-Hand Art." I found a book from Thomas Kinkaide about sketching. The book was written long before he became a household word for his paintings. I found an art history book about the lesser-known artists, those who are not usually found in the art history textbooks. Art textbooks can be dry, but I have had lots of experience reading them. So this should be an interesting read.

Just a Post

I have finished a drawing titled "Grace" . My wife says it is the best thing I have ever done. It is small, just 4x6 inches. I like it, yet I can't see the exceptional quality. I have been following the work of an artist named Terry Miller, he influenced me to the degree that I chose graphite as my medium for the work. I will post it at some point, but my computer has been on the fritz. There has been a reluctance to post lately, I just don't see the purpose of this. Sometime back I read that if one wants to get their work out to the public, a blog is a good way to do it. So far I have not experienced much success with this.

New Work

I just finished a 4" by 6" graphite drawing and I am pleased with it. I was trying to find some paper the other day and I found an old sketch pad from the nineties. It was quite a surprise, the work that I was doing back then. A lot of color pencil work. A lot of landscapes. A lot of work that was being influenced by some painful things I was going through at the time. The interesting thing to me was how little things have changed since then. At least that is my perception. I don't know why I keep track of all this. It was a painful period that I would just as soon forget.