Remembering Rachel
No one remembers Rachel. No one knows what color her eyes are. I don’t know anything about her. All I know is that she was my my mother’s younger sister. And that she was burned to death in the Concentration Continue Reading …
Quikrete or Bust
Quikrete® is the designer concrete blend. The company makes everything concrete from A-Z. The linked website www.quikrete.com will prove it. My interest in Quikrete® began when I bought and installed 150 12″ x 12″ x 1″ white concrete pavers. I Continue Reading …
Beauty Does Not Need Blood Sacrifice
In my “Easter Rise” blog, the need for animal sacrifices as a way of alleviating one’s sin before God was made redundant by Jesus’ personal sacrifice. Neither animals nor children ever again were to be slaughtered, mutilated or tortured for Continue Reading …
Watercolor Layers
The television is one of the best tools for a portrait artist who paints children. This teen boy is watching a Star Trek episode. Whipping out my watercolor paints to capture a seated child is my mark of Zorro. Continue Reading …
Charlie’s Boy
A seven year old boy caught my eye and heart. I knew his grandfather. As the charcoal of this child emerged from the gray laid paper, I saw his grandfather’s face as a youth come through. I didn’t know his Continue Reading …
Half Moon Light
The Moon has been my constant friend over the years. “Friend” as in having a steady, reliable light source at night. I’ve painted many times outside in the dark in charcoal, oils and watercolors. The night that inspired this piece Continue Reading …
The Wheels on the Bus Go Round
Following this school bus in the early morning fog, the sun juiced through the filmy water droplets. The snapshot reminds me of the Middle East due to the colors of the misty sunrise and the leaning palm trees. Not the Continue Reading …
Rainy Day Paint
South Florida experienced near tropical storm winds and rain today. I hadn’t seen my newly trimmed trees with storm quality winds up until today. One elderberry sapling needed roping to the older palm tree to keep it from folding over Continue Reading …
The Blind Shall Lead
When the invitation came to join in the fundraiser for the Braille Club dinner/dance, I joined in. Not having been there before, I came with fine watercolor paper, watercolors and a cup for water. Painting and drawing beats being bored at Continue Reading …
The Charcoal Tree
Is it a profound loop to draw this dead tree with the branches of another dead tree? In my previous blog, I retriggered the sadness I feel for the dying or the prematurely dead. This dead tree had so many Continue Reading …