Archive for August, 2005

Patricia’s Mountain

Friday, August 26th, 2005

This is based on a shot from a terrific series my wife shot in Nevada the first time she visited Vegas.

And here I’ve begun to add some color (the fun part):

And finally, the finished product: (click for large version)

Raining, pouring

Saturday, August 13th, 2005

Well it’s been raining outside today, which is an apt time to finish the pastel piece I’ve been working on lately. The title turned out to be Stormclouds 1, which clues me in to the fact that there will likely be other Stormclouds in my future… Funny how sometimes a piece almost names itself.
Soft […]

Realpolitik

Wednesday, August 10th, 2005

I’ve been reading in very small doses a political analysis published in 1958, written by Aldous Huxley. Here is an excerpt from today’s reading:
“There are two kinds of propaganda - rational propaganda in favor of action that is consonant with the enlightened self-interest of those who make it and those to whom it is […]