Healing brush
Painting is seeing. Seeing is memetic, as Aristotle rightly said. Memesis means imitating, like Beethoven imitating the joyful sounds of spring, like the poet imitating the emotions engendered while ambling…
Merry Christmas 2025
Merry Christmas, everyone. It’s an annual event here at Turpentine Diaries to share Christmas morning photographs. This year, our border collie, Ranger, was too busy to pose, so my son…
Turpentine Diary 12/11/25
This unfinished, as-yet-unnamed painting is part of my Amusement Park series. I have no idea how long it will take me to finish it. When I’m done with this post,…
Cincinnati fail
When I graduated high school, I didn’t have the moral courage to go to New York, which is what I wanted to do. Instead, a friend and I applied to…
The Good and Bad: My Experience at the Dayton Art Institute
The last time I visited the Dayton Art Institute was an unpleasant experience. I grew up in Dayton and was intimate with its collection. I was disappointed upon discovering that…
New oil paint maker Gapka
The Gapka oil paint maker was unknown to me when they reached out to ask if I would be interested in trying their paints. I am always ready to try…
Toledo (Ohio) Art Museum
It might surprise you to learn that the Toledo Art Museum is outstanding. Indeed, you might be surprised that the city has an art museum. Today, Toledo is a city…
RGH, all forgiven
I recently wrote a scathing post about RGH. The beef was about a sloooowwww order delivery (several months). They promptly responded to my initial query with what turned out to…