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New and Improved Website

At long last, I am getting around to upgrading this website. My fellow artist Sarah Snavely offered her assistance, and I jumped at the chance. It will be good to have things more current, but it might take some time to get everything figured out. Stay tuned for the latest additions and revisions.

Sunflower Drawing and Cards

I moved one of my sunflower drawings that is not quite finished into my office, just to add some cheery color for a while. It’s also that time of year when I’m thinking about note cards, brochures, portfolios and books I want to create, and prints I’d like to order. “Sunjoy” with Note Cards

Sunday Morning in August

I’m sharing the garden with grasshoppers and bees these days, and crickets are doing their best to keep me company in the house. The flowers are still bright and beautiful, though, and these are some of the finest hours of the year. Here’s a shot of the garden on this Sunday morning. Sunday Morning, August [...]

Sunny Day

The crickets are chirping and school starts tomorrow, but there is plenty of beauty left in the garden. It’s a wonderful, sunny day and I’m going to photograph the sunflowers again, keeping an eye out for compositions of two or more blossoms. I measured one of the tallest sunflowers yesterday, and it stands about eight-and-a-half feet [...]

Books

There’s a new art book available, Georgia O’Keeffe: An American Perspective by Lauris Morgan-Griffiths. Through the miracle of the Internet, Amazon notified me of the release date, which was April 1st. I ordered a copy this morning, and they were already low on stock, but getting more soon. What a life-enhancing combination, the Internet and [...]

Sunglow

It was a beautiful but cold Sunday here on the Northern Plains, and I filled the hours with football games on T.V. and sunflower drawings on my easel. I plan to make some progress on another badlands image after supper. Sunglow  

Favorite Sunflower Photos

Here are some of my favorite sunflower photo images so far, along with their new titles. I still have quite a few original files to explore and experiment with, but there is plenty of drawing material here, I’m sure. Sunblossoms Sunjoy Lemon and Lime Sunsparkle Solar Glow Suncheer Sunlit Sunwarmth Suncatcher Sunglow Sunbaked Sunstruck Sunbright [...]