Two perspectives, one blog.
Two perspectives, one blog.
This painting again comes from my fascination with reverse painting, that is, starting with a black canvas. I first saw the reverse technique from a chalk pencil artist. I think that some of these comes from a black-on-white rebellion since…
I have been through several different chapters in my life. They roughly can be broken down into blocks of time where my life was very different from how it is now and very different from each other. Some of these…
Welcome to 2026 and I know that we still live in concerning times. There are things going on in the world that some of us hoped we would never see, but we are. There are things going on in the…
Ziggy Stardust is a fictional character created by David Bowie, perhaps as a reminder to himself not to be lured into believing the myth of fame. This myth often kills entertainers faster than anything. Mr. Bowie had to kill off…
I am not one for the “let’s look back” kind of posts. There are plenty who do that, but well, the past is something we lived through, it happened, and I am ready to move on. I will say, it…
You may have noticed that the first several paintings have been on black, or very dark, backgrounds. This is intentional. I did enough drawing and reading on white paper. When we all started using graphical interfaces, all the windows were…
VR and VI I am constantly looking for better ways for me to do what I want or need to do. This means that sometimes I venture into places where a visually impaired person might not be expected to go,…
Before you jump on me and scream about how much I hate Christmas because I choose this song, read the rest of this post. I do not hate Christmas. When I was young, my brother and I were spoiled by…
Two greats on the same stage. That would have been a show to see for sure. I may have mentioned before that Dolly Parton was an early hero of mine. However, I discovered this video randomly when I went to…
It has taken me several days to compose this SotD. I originally attempted to post this song on December 2. I attempted to write this post several times. Here I go with the 4th version, so let’s see how far…