Home Portraits
In this case a workplace portrait but still …the little doggie silhouette cracks me up :-)
Roanoke
For those unfamiliar with this small city in a gorgeous mountain setting, you will find a historic downtown that has survived updating for many decades. So you get some authentic Deco, etc, and increasingly loft living in old warehouse or office buildings, coffee shops, breweries. All within a few minutes of the Appalachian Trail. And served by Amtrak. Shhh. A gem ready to be ‘discovered.’
Fuerza Bruta, Argentine/American performance
not my image I am not selling this and all credit and rights blahblah go to Fuerza Bruta, I am recommending this innovative theater group catch them whenever you can. Yes see what’s on their site or YouTube but video is only at most 50% of the experience. Worth traveling to.
Richmond's mascot: the 'possum
Yes you see them trundling around not infrequently and momma is often bussing around the little ones, as so:
Mid Century Mod like WOW in Alexandria
This neighborhood is a gem, and more posters will be forthcoming…
Art in the Avenue this Saturday
Del Ray neighborhood of Alexandria, forecast is perfect, see you there!
Good morning and (slightly) early Happy 100th to former president Jimmy Carter
We are back, will post pictures soon. See you at Art on the Avenue in Alexandria this Saturday!
Summer into fall
Store will be closed until October 1st.
essentially a landscape painter
Renovate this old democracy!
Inspired by:
https://www.amacad.org/ourcommonpurpose/report
How I do what I do
I am frequently asked how I make my posters. I start by drawing. (Unless I start by tearing and collaging) Sometimes freehand, and then scan. Sometimes freehand, with the mouse in a program like Adobe Illustrator. Sometimes I draw on tracing paper, over a photo and then use a good deal of artistic license to alter the drawing. Sometimes I trace a photo, such as the second one here, of my husband on a recent hike pointing out the view, directly in a drawing program on the computer.
Drew these entangled branches with a sharpie, and in Illustrator put in the plum blossoms. A memory of winter in Japan.
Special limited edition
Fleeting, like the aurora borealis itself
Skies in Virginia have been spectacular lately
Eclipse, double rainbows, tremendous cloud formations, aurora borealis. These are all artworks except of course the photos.
This one is a work in progress (headline?? Don’t know how to saw this) and yes the colors were that lurid (according to many; we saw something subtler but the way to do it was via your phone camera somehow - so I am going by my interpretation of the many many similar images I’ve seen from right here which is not normally Northern Lights territory
Small alteration to this image
Things change including the skyline in Richmond - see the new General Assembly Building represented here
Thinking of Taiwan today (sizeable earthquake yesterday)
A country with an exultant baseball team on its currency: :-)
here’s a closeup
Store is open. Good to be home.
Kyoto, Japan
STORE IS CLOSED FOR THE WINTER - SEE YOU WHEN THE CHERRY BLOSSOMS FALL
Closing shop for the winter next week
Back in the spring! March 28
