Turpentine diaries 2/4/26 drawing
What have I been up to lately? Drawing. I’ve spent the last three days drawing. The shift from painting started when I began preparing drawings for a large (5′ x…
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,…
Where are my workshops?
Reader lynnandjanice recently asked if I teach or hold workshops. I regularly get this question. Gifted teachers are rare. The first real art instructor I ever had when I was…
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…
Woodshop by the lake
I use my small backyard shed as my woodshop. I would rather do my carpentry in that cramped space than have the sawdust from my table saw in the studio.…
New series
I am embarking on a new series: Amusement Park. After my last visit to Cedar Point, I’ve amassed 1500 photos. I bought a season pass and intend many more visits.…
It’s all been done before
Yesterday, I determined to finish Woman in White-stripped Dress. Even though I failed, I was excited to get back at it again today. This afternoon, I ran out of gas…
Smooth is best
Rereading what I wrote about preparing a canvas, I realized that I didn’t emphasize the main goal enough. Yes, it’s important to protect the canvas, but the real goal is…