Reading on My Bench

Recovering from surgery, I spent time reading outdoors.

Storing Old Typewriters

Most of my typewriters are stored in the garage. I don’t have the space for them in the house, nor any place to display them properly.

Post Surgery

Not a pretty sight. Sandy took this snapshot of me in PostOp. My hernia repair surgery went fine. I’m home now, but managing quite a bit of post-surgical pain. A few takeaways from the experience: I had no idea how many people are involved in surgery, all the nurses before, during, and after; I also was surprised by how fast the anesthesia kicked in. One minute I was staring at the lights above the operating table, and then suddenly I’m waking up in the recovery room. There was no sense of time or duration. Boom! It was all over with.

Office Rearrangement

Browsing at Huntley Bookstore

Huntley Bookstore is one of my favorite places to spend some time on a Saturday afternoon, especially when the new books are out at the start of the semester. This is the sort of footage I plan to use for a documentary film I’m working on.

4k video shot with an iPhone 8

Augie the Dachshund

Our neighbor recently moved to Idaho, and we’re going to miss both her and her dachshund, Augie. My wife sometimes acted as the dog’s nanny.

Some Recent Video

Watergate - the Graphic Novel

Richard Nixon

Ink, Acrylic, and Photoshop

The graphic novel I’ve been working on for the past two years has grown to be a nonfiction work about Watergate. The drawing of Nixon above is a good example of the style of art to be found in the book.

William Styron — High School Photo

William Styron, top row third from right, Yearbook Photo 1940, French Club

I snagged this yearbook photo of William Styron from archive.org. I graduated from Warwick High School in Newport News, Virginia, in 1975, and while attending there I heard that William Styron was an alumnus from decades before, but I never saw any proof of it — until now.

Finding Art Anywhere

I’m trying to find art in the everyday. For example, today I got a cup of coffee at Starbucks and then went for a walk, ending up at the public library, where I spotted a guy reading the newspaper — two drawings without even thinking about it.

Drawings about Town

A couple scenes about town today, college students in and around the campus of Pomona College.

Claremont Library

Checking out at the public library

Sketched on my iPad with the Graphic app

I’m on Spring Break this week and this afternoon found myself at the Claremont Library. I often drop by to look at their art books, today settling on a book featuring portraits by Paul Cézanne, an endless source of inspiration. As for what I’m doing with my own creative life, I’m determined more than ever to find art in the day-to-day, so today I did a quick sketch of checking out at the front counter. I love the new self-service check-out, just scan your card and the books, and you’re on your merry way.

Paintings from the 1980s

A friend from Florida sent me five paintings I left behind in her mother’s house back in the late 1980s. These are very early efforts from when I first became interested in painting. Sadly for me I quit painting for thirty years in response to someone’s callous comments about my lack of ability.

In imitation of a painting by Vincent Van Gogh

In imitation of a painting by Vincent Van Gogh

These were painted from a model.

Vito’s was my favorite Italian restaurant in Lakeland, Florida.

Comic Strip - Trump Talk

This is the first issue of a comic strip I call “Trump Talk.” Created using Procreate on an iPad and a little Photoshop magic.