“Unnamed so far” 40×30″, acrylic and charcoal. One of my current favorites, but I can’t quite come up with a name for this one. Help please!

“Moonlit,” 40×30″, $800

“Fleur de Lis,” 40×30″, $700

I painted these three compositions one after the other using the same process with each. I first drew a few hasty lines with charcoal. I then blocked in the painting, trying my best to stay within the lines. Using a ruler, I re-established the vertical and horizontal lines. Finally, after a few layers of wash, adjusting the color and tone of each shape within the painting, I finished with charcoal and a few stripes of white paint.

“New Frontier #1, #2, & #3“, 30×24″, $400 each ($1,000 for all three)

This video primer on the GTD system was posted on Lifehacker.com - a great personal productivity website. From Lifehacker.com:

“Hyper but lovable author of Getting Things Done David Allen explains the meat of his GTD system in this five minute video, which covers dealing with the “stuff” in your life, reducing your to-do’s to simple “widget-cranking,” and clearing your mind. Allen comes across pretty frenetic in this quickly-cut together clip, but it’s a good primer for folks new to GTD.”

Here’s the link.

“Episode 03 - Debriefing” is now online. See it here: robotgraveyard.wordpress.com.

Robot Graveyard is a science fiction story written by myself with help from friends and family. A new episode should appear every Monday - if you are enjoying the story (or not), please leave a comment here or on the Robot Graveyard blog. Thanks!

The Mayfield’s Art Show has been rescheduled due to inclement weather. It will apparently be held sometime in November, so . . . .

Sorry, to anyone who had planned to go.

It’s called “Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child.” It’s a local radio show (in Northampton, Mass.), that uploads all their shows to their website and offers them as podcasts. Anyway, looks like a pretty cool radio show for kids (and parents who dislike the standard children song fare). They play “kid friendly” songs . . . lots of Beatles, They Might Be Giants, obscure bands, and lots of up-tempo, happy songs. (I kind of like listening to it myself - very eclectic)

Here’s the link: Sparetherock.com

“Episode 02 - Meladin HQ” is now online. See it here: robotgraveyard.wordpress.com.

Robot Graveyard is a science fiction story written by myself with help from friends and family. A new episode should appear every Monday - if you are enjoying the story (or not), please leave a comment here or on the Robot Graveyard blog. Thanks!

I found this Cicada, newly emerged from its old shell, in our front yard. We always called them locusts growing up - here’s more information on these fascinating insects: Cicada (they aren’t locusts by the way)

I have done a few paintings with horses in them before, but never an official horse portrait. This horse is named Zar, and was a commissioned portrait.