Forest Fire #1 5″ x 7″ Oil on Canvas I spent some good quality time with my studio this weekend. I worked on 6 more small paintings and even added a layer to a larger one that I previously thought might have been doomed to destruction. I finished 2 of the 6. I am really…

We’ve been practicing recall at dog parks in hopes that someday Mississippi can be off leash without fences. She’s getting much better at it. She even went running after someone else who had whistled on the other side of the dog park. She thought it was my whistle and was all confused when she got…

Below are images of art I particularly liked at July’s First Thursdays in PDX. I’m still finding my way around the Pearl so which galleries I visit really depends on how I get lost. I seem to always be able to find Everett station and I always like at least 2 or 3 of the…

Mississippi is frustrated this week. She’s been home with me since Monday morning and she’s going a bit stir crazy. We went to class last night and she wanted no part in it. I realized that class just isn’t going to work out. My beliefs about training are too different from the teachers and Mississippi…

Chicago (Cops Kill Cougar on North Side) 9″ x 12″ Oil on Canvas Ideas for a series have been rumbling around in my head for a while. I keep coming back to the same general ideas year after year. Now that I have sent in my entry for New American Paintings, my burden has been…

Just for fun…

We got back to Portland on Friday night and picked Mississippi up from boarding care. She was ecstatic to see us, but once home she didn’t want any affection from us. She went to bed really early and seemed really exhausted. I think she was relieved to be home. We didn’t hear much about how…

Hello artists. I am taking a drawing workshop in Portland Oregon at OCAC on July 18th and 19th and enrollment is low. The class is in danger of being canceled if they can’t find more people. If you were thinking of taking a class this summer, please consider this one. It is a two day…

We’ve survived the week with Tom’s family. It was a fun time. We went to the Zoo, got pummelled by waves, relaxed on the beach, played skee ball, visited a friend, and ate too much. We are hanging out at the Philly airport, very tired and missing our dog. We’ve got a long day of…

The MoMA will be hosting a retrospective show of Tim Burton’s artwork November 22nd, 2009 through April 26th, 2010. This major career retrospective on Tim Burton (American, b. 1958), consisting of a gallery exhibition and a film series, considers Burton’s career as a director, producer, writer, and concept artist for live-action and animated films, along…

Do you need any branches systematically stripped of their bark? Mississippi is just the craftswoman you are looking for. There might be a few chew marks on the finished product but she does a pretty bang up job for using nothing but her teeth and claws. She’d make a good Amish dog.

Yep, it’s been a while. I post all my apple photos to my flickr account though the magic of my eye-fi card but I’ve been too busy to do multiple blog posts every day so the doggy won over the apples. She’s generally more interesting I think. Anywhooooo, here’s a photoey blog post for you.…

Jeez, my dog is nuts. All afternoon on Sunday she was a giant brat. she tried to steal kitchen towels when we cooked, she tried to get into the bedrooms to find things to get her in trouble, she barked up a storm every time we let her into the backyard, she was impossible to…

Mississippi found a bee that refused to go quietly. I was in the front yard when it happened and she came running up to the fence and barked at me. I figured she thought I was an intruder so I just said “what the heck you yellin’ at me for.”I went about my business thinking…

I just found out about a restaurant on Alberta street that serves dogs! How cool is that? They have three menu options for your pooch and lots of garden space. I wish Mississippi was ready for this. Tin Shed Garden Cafe. Why stop at one restaurant. Portland loves pooches. My friend recommends Lucky Labrador for…