Thanksgiving's Over

Thanksgiving's over and the holidays are in full swing now. Holiday parties start this coming weekend. First thing...Friday night, December 5th, Foundry Art Centre: "Open Studio Night" with Wine, Appetizers and Music upstairs. Come by and help the artists celebrate the holidays! This is in conjunction with the MFA Reception in the main gallery downstairs.

More new pieces:

This is a quick study finished in a second "quick" session.


I had an underpainting completed on this painting when Frazer Leonard came into my studio and asked if he might mess around a bit with my pastels. This is basically what he did. I improvised a little more after he left, making this piece a joint effort. I kind of like it. What do you think? I'm going to frame it and see what happens.


This was done from a photo in Forest Park taken by my sister-in-law, Nancy. Doesn't look much like the photo though.


I decided to title this one "Layover 1" but need to order a frame. I've also done "Layover 2" with a palette knife. Just realized that I haven't taken a photo of that one yet.


To my sister Terry in California, Hi there and happy holidays!! I love you! You know, you can post a comment any time or better yet, email me! Try it, you'll like it.

Getting Settled In

Well, it looks like winter is about to settle into good old St. Charles. That's okay, there's plenty to do inside...cleaning, sorting, pitching. It's one of those days, I feel sort of unsettled and want to clear the way for new ideas. But before I start that, I just wanted to upload a few pics of what has been coming out of my studio at the Foundry.