I’ve found, as a commercial artist, that personal pieces are surprisingly hard to do. I say surprisingly, because this is what we want, right? No client, no rules, we can paint whatever we want! What I’ve found is that personal pieces resist “designing”. The process I usually go through when preparing for [...]
Continue ReadingDear Neighbor, Recently, you may have heard an odd, strangled yodeling echoing around our neighborhood, and wondered what it was. The answer is, it’s our rooster, Achilles! I’ve always wanted to raise chickens, for fun and for the eggs, and this spring I decided to give it a try. I found a young farmer near the airport who sold [...]
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