yet more drawings

more images that matter

more drawings from my experiences in lee college's spring figure drawing classes - 1998-2000.

sorry it's taken so long to post another entry. guess i've been busy since the "blizzard." good news is we sold our house so now i can concentrate on our current living/working arrangement. arlene and i got the last load of stuff from the quartito last weekend and i found lots of old drawings and paintings in storage. i've been sorting through them all and i got my nikon out and took photos of some of the images. i'm posting them here now. the figure drawings are all from three classes i took at lee college during the spring semesters of '98, '99, and 2000. the paintings go back to the early eighties up to the present. i'll add comments later. 

Snow in Baytown

This is fast becoming a photo-blog, which is perfectly fine. Check out these photos from the recent "blizzard" in baytown.

Today's Photos

more recent photos

no talk, just more pictures. happy viewing.

thanksgiving 2008

today started early as i woke at 3:30 to take some photos. i grabbed my son, james (who'd expressed interest in accompanying me), and off we went. i'm thankful for all that i have and all that i don't (thank you, God). my family and i are in a new house (home) and i'm still moving, sorting, and culling art stuff from the old house. i'll no longer have a free-standing "quartito" (literally, "little quarters/house) for painting and music, but with a three-car garage, i'll have enough space to create something.

the idea of creating something brings me to the realization that i am, perhaps, more lazy than creative, but i do have the urge to take, edit, and print digital photos, so that's a good sign. painting is another matter (as in art matters, correct?). i like the immediacy of the digital image as i take the shots and i'm of the belief that one needn't concentrate so much on the technical aspects of the medium; rather the means take care of themselves. my urge is to respond to the local stimuli provided by artificial light and resultant shadows and color in a town that seems to be on life-support. i shared some recent images with a friend who remarked that they reminded him of poverty. it made me stop (for a second) and wonder about that.

anyway, my in-laws are to arrive shortly, so i'd best get to posting images. this blog is supposed to be about art isn't it?