Newsletters September 2026 It’s kind of crazy how quickly everything came to an abrupt end. I finished the last show of the summer art festival season, chased the last couple of smokes and then the rain came. It seems like only over a few days period, I went from catching sunburns and using big words
Newsletters August 2026 All right, we’re wrapping up summer and finished it off with the Highland Summer Finale Art Festival in Denver, Colorado this past weekend. For me it was a great show. I got a chance to see some familiar faces and to meet new folks. I feel super appreciative that I was able
Newsletters In another blink of the eye July is wrapped up. Believe it or not, I was able to find an hour here and there to complete this painting. Golden hour 22in X 28in Acrylic on Canvas July 2026 About One can almost feel the mist of the clouds on their skin and
Newsletters So I’m going to start this newsletter out a bit different and get straight to the painting. Yucca 24in X 18in Acrylic on Canvas June 2026 About Feelings of the southwest reflecting against a grey-scale figure. With her new “perspective” laying down, the challenge for me was to paint a meaningful landscape, using
Newsletters May 2026 I have to say how thankful I am to have as much help as I do around me. My poor mom acts as a volunteer employee helping run errands in the city that is 4 hours away where I do a lot of art business. Then the homies I work with in fire
Newsletters Dang, I recently caught what a side profile picture of me bending over relaxed looks like. Combine that with scrolling through my photo album and seeing what I looked like 2 years ago… reality hurts. So, on that note April was filled with spring cleaning, rain catch system, garden prep, 7 pounds lost (to be continued),
Newsletters Happy March. I am currently running the spell check and finishing up this letter in my hotel as I prepare to travel back to the southwest from my fire assignment in central Florida. This month was composed of contemplations, moments of ah-ha’s and hmm’s, initial attacks, tick avoidance, ash pits, the smell of 2 stroke
Newsletters February 2026 And here we are. For some reason this month felt shorter than the others. First off I want to let you know that I have found the spell check feature and now know how to use it. So thanks for bearing with me on the last newsletter. It cracks me up
Newsletters January 2026 First month of the year down. The daylight is noticeably getting longer now and we are into the new year. The new calendars and pocket planners are being used and blocks are starting to be penciled in. I personally enjoy having something on my calendar that I can work towards or having
Newsletters December 2025 Happy New Year!December was a month of eating too much, strangely warm weather, out of townweekends, exercise challenges, books, lectures and podcasts, new music, painting, artshow applications and gallery/shop/brewery visits and belly laughs.One of the books I finished was Spring Chicken by Bill Gifford. A book about longevity and aging. It starts
