Owners of antique automobiles experience driving from a different vantage. It’s not for everyone. The earlier cars, those made prior to electronic control systems, are pure machine for better or worse. They require maintenance that modern cars with their improved metallurgy and other enhancements don’t need. Gone are the days when the valve lash must...
Quite by accident I have made a happy discovery concerning socks. This story began at Costco where I found fantastically excellent socks “for women” made of Merino wool. Soft, comfortable, and machine washable – I wish I’d have bought all that they had. After they depleted their stock, it was not replenished. Meanwhile, many of...
It began with an attempt to win a poster design contest, but I’d wanted to do a violin based photo shoot for some time. Leah picked out a skirt that maybe would have worked, but she had this crinkle fabric full skirt that I thought had more promise and so she changed into it. As...
Lindsey Stirling will do a show in London in November 2014. As a promotion, she put out a contest to get a poster for the event. So I contacted my local violinist talent to do a photo shoot in preparation for winning the award. The design was to include imagery inspired by the art work...
Specs: it’s a painting. Cotton duck canvas on heavy stretcher bars. Acrylic base paint finished in oils. The reason I started this with acrylic paint was to take advantage of the rapid drying of that medium. I used to work exclusively with the water based paints but then I discovered that oil paints are a...
