"Quiet Interference" - a woman waiting in contemplative country scenes.

This painting was particularly fun because I started with a simple vertical pencil line. Then it occured to me to counter that with a curved contour, and that just naturally led me into drawing a sailboat. I have done my share of sailing on small boats and love their shapes and how they are dependent on wind & water.

Curious about my passion for making Zines? Give me a piece of paper, and I'll show you in 30 seconds!

Freedom painting. Notes of the national anthem set onto the stripes of the American flag with a full spectrum of the color wheel across a map of the USA.

And then Peggy was moved to transpose her body into various positions and contort her face to express what this terror might be like. I pointed my camera and photographed her movements.

Our journey to Belgium has been a lot to process, but writing about it helps.

I believe for most artists the creative process involves the use of basic elements of design and lots of practice with their medium.

I drew this person in tranquil repose some time ago to try out a new pen point. I suppose the subject matter came from my subconscious, regarding my preoccupation with getting enough sleep.

I cherish the valentine/heart symbol of love. I pondered the idea for this design while recovering from open-heart bypass surgery in the middle of winter 2018. The original was a 5 x 7" watercolor, which I had printed as "thank you" cards to the medical staff who saved my life.

I've sinced tried to duplicate this little painting, and all turn out a little differently. But I title them the same, Growning Hearts, and number them.