Category: Art

Standing at the easel painting is inherently a solitary activity. But the art of art has its cooperative elements as well. The Lafayette Studio, where I paint on Mondays and Thursdays and where I learned my craft from mentor/teacher/guide Marcy Wheeler, also is a community of like-minded painters. Seven of us are holding Open Studio… Continue reading It Takes A Village

One in a series of paintings of my father with his old tractor (from a photo, circa 1959) will be shown at Walnut Creek Library, Sept. 15 – Oct. 13. It’s part of a Lamorinda Art Alliance show which also includes works by my teacher Marcy Wheeler and two of my fellow Lafayette Studio artists,… Continue reading A Man and His Tractor

I’m working my way around the Healdsburg Plaza with night street scenes. This one captures that last moment when it’s night but the sky has just a hint of blue left in it. On around 8:45 p.m. Just in time to stop at John and Zeke’s for a drink (it’s the building that’s got the… Continue reading John and Zeke’s