In the studio 1/25/2105
Main Street #1, or 'The Antique Shop,' is on the easel in this photograph. I had a couple of good, long sessions on it today. I'm having fun painting the bric-a-brac in the shop window.…
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A visit to the Cleveland Museum of Art’s Asian collection
The Cleveland Museum of Art recently rotated its vast Asian collection, which I happily discovered during Friday's visit. After a Caesar salad in the Atrium cafeteria--'extra anchovies, please'--I started my weekly ramble in the galleries…
Studio chaos
What better way to start the new year than turn the studio upside-down? As part of a general house reorganization, we moved the cable modem and router into the studio. This meant we had to move…
Christmas morning
Christmas morning. My daughter, Jane, is home from college, and we're waiting for her and our two high school-age sons to wake up. This is the first Christmas that the children didn't get us up…
Robert Koepnick, sculptor
When I was in high school, my regular habit was to take the bus downtown from my suburban home outside Dayton, Ohio. After rambling about, I always went to the library to read and study.…
Invisible art
Whenever I go to mass (I don't go as often as I should), I'm alert to the art in the church. Last winter, we made our first visit to Our Lady, Queen of the Most Holy…
Busy drawing day
I spent the past the several days drawing. Yesterday I started drawing on 2 new canvases: Euclid Avenue (48" x 60"), and Sunday (42" x 56"). The day before, I started the 40" x 50"…
Trip to University of Cincinnati (fail)
My son John and I left early yesterday morning for a visit to the University of Cincinnati. John, a senior in high school, plans to be a computer engineer and UC's program is #2 in…