For Christmas, my son and I built new computers. For ease of maintenance, both computers have the same specs. We used Haswell-type motherboards (Asus Z87-A) and, of course, Intel processors–Core i5 4670 (4670K for my son). I’ve had good results with Asus products in the past, and I love my Nexus 7 tablet (Google brand but manufactured by Asus). We’ve built our own computers before, and it’s a great father-son project.
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Bio, Paintings, Shop Talk, Studio Corner, Tips and Studies, Uncategorized
Study: ‘The Call’ Part 5
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•The latest version of the study shows the painting much advanced. The modelling is done on the cement bench and pediment. The figure modeling needs more refinement, as is evident in this detail. I am still painting according to plan–more or less(!) After a plan is complete, there is always much to be done, especially…
Bio, Fiction, Uncategorized
Poem: Why do I remember this?
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•Why do I remember?
I’ve carried this,
and now–see?–here it is.
Guided by a compulsion (that has never left me)
I painted the walls of my mother’s house
the entire length of the hallway;
floating above the floor–I was light.
You’ll laugh, but it was art.
That’s the simple truth.
My mother didn’t see it that way,
in fact, she was outraged.
Again you’ll laugh, but I was flabbergasted.
I didn’t understand her.
Bio, Uncategorized, Vermilion, OH
WWWinter
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•Bio, Uncategorized, Vermilion, OH
Cold beauty of frozen Lake Erie
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•The long shadows from the afternoon sun transforms Lake Erie into an otherworldly landscape. During the winter the sun is in the southwestern sky. In the summer it moves over the lake; by June it would be visible in the photo’s left edge. The predicted high temperate for next Tuesday is -3–that’s not windchill, either.…
Bio, Uncategorized, Vermilion, OH
Winter 2014
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•For us winter really starts when Lake Erie freezes. The snow-covered expanse beyond my backyard is the lake. Yesterday, believe it or not, there was no snow or ice out there. This all happened overnight. Extended cold weather makes the lake sluggish as the surface begins to freeze. The lake behaves bizarrely at those times;…
Bio, Paintings, Studio Corner, Uncategorized
In the studio 1/1/2014
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•Aside
I hope you and yours had the best Christmas and Santa brought you everything you wanted! Children at home always makes Christmas memorable.