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    Tune

    Tune

    When I first started playing guitar I could barely tune it, and could hardly play a full song. As I developed, my playing improved as...
    Multiple Reflections

    Multiple Reflections

    That is a pic is of me working on a painting I did about 4 or 5 years ago. It was an important painting for me because of the Putti...
    Sailing

    Sailing

    "The canvas can do miracles, just you wait and see, believe me." - Chris Cross And still another great day at the big canvas… as if it...
    Painting Rosibel

    Painting Rosibel

    Making this video was fun.. writing the song was even funner.. Creating the painting was a long process of refining and layering and...
    Technology, Art and Heart

    Technology, Art and Heart

    Technology and art. It is definitely a balance. It seems art relying too much on technology causes the most important human element to...
    A Balance of Love

    A Balance of Love

    A hard day today balancing my painting and taking care of my little girl.. Somedays she lets me paint all day long while she hangs out...
    Work

    Work

    I did get some good painting done today, about 8 hours worth. Worked on the large-scale painting, the 2ndlayer of one of the figures. I...
    Vision? How do I get One?

    Vision? How do I get One?

    How do I decide what to paint? I have asked this from the beginning. There are a million things to paint. It didn’t matter too much to...
    The Sky

    The Sky

    I suppose I will never stop painting the sky.. it has so much meaning to me. It is the easiest form of escapism when I look at the sky,...
    A Matter of Geometry?

    A Matter of Geometry?

    A word about my current process.. It seems I’m attracted to two types of paintings: The extremely simple, or the outrageously...
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