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My Artistic Journey (part 1)

  • Posted 13th August 2024, 11:16 pm
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My Artistic Journey
(Part 1)

When I was first introduced to the icons of art history's biggest stars, it soon began clear, that in comparison to everyday people they were different. Not just a little bit odd but quite different! Somehow the stories told about them, made them to seem much bigger than life… certainly bigger than my life and bigger than almost anybody else I had ever…

Where does the time go?

  • Posted 3rd July 2024, 9:33 pm
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Where does the time go?

In our house we do not have cable anymore. For some time has been the case. Cable just got too expensive.

My eldest son set us up with some live streaming options. My wife and I seem to be watching YouTube a lot lately. Its amazing what is on there. I often wonder how some of this gets online? I guess because because they can… and because so many people will
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Short: Not That Sweet

  • Posted 27th June 2024, 5:37 pm
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Short: Not That Sweet

My last 3 part blog seems to have taken a lot out of me, leaving me wondering, what I might share next?

Its actually been a very busy time for me since then. In the studio, I've been working on a three dog commission which is coming along nicely. I have half a dozen other paintings that are at various stages of completion. In addition to all this I've been…

Do You Want to Come Back? (part 3)

  • Posted 25th April 2024, 1:40 pm
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Do You Want to Come Back?
(part 3)

(continued from part 2)

Two years of unemployment with no job prospects for a man at my age.

Two years of foreclosure threats.

Strangely, the foreclosure event was being stayed, as one application after another was sent in, to only be rejected.

Two more years passed and more applications, with more rejections. Finally our mortgage company sold
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