Jan Vermeer’s birth/baptism day is October 31, 1632.

Girl with a Pearl Earring c. 1665-1666; Oil on canvas, 44.5 x 39 cm; Royal Cabinet of Paintings Mauritshuis, The Hague

The project is finished. The Rodenbach farmland marked the end of the project. There are 10 images. to see all of them click here.

It’s late Fall in Germany and I wanted to capture a bit of the coor that is left in the trees so I took a few minutes and I went exporing today. I found this farm a little ways north of Kaiserslautern. Conveniently, there was parking nearby so it was a short walk to the field where I stood to draw this. Good scenes = next to parking lots. Great scenes = next to parking lots and a place to sit.

Farmland near Rodenbach (digital, 10x8in, 2011)

No, not Santa Claus. The church. This chruch, St. Nikolaus Catholic Church, is in the village of Ramstein, Germany.

St. Nikolaus Catholic Church (digital, 10x8in., 2011)

Tidepooling at Wind n Sea Beach (ink, 10x6in., ca. 1993)

Enjoying a family day.

For art to exist, for any sort of aesthetic activity to exist, a certain physiological precondition is indispensable: intoxication.
Friedrich Nietzsche

¹ In the beginning Michael created the lines and the shapes. Michael saw all that he had made, and it was very good.

Preliminary sketch for St. Martin's Square

Do you take photos when you travel? I don’t because I either forget my camera or I forget to use it.

So my tips are

Tip #1: Do not forget your camera
Tip #2: Do not forget that you have your camera

Sometimes I get really excited when I am traveling to a new place. I just take it all in. I look, listen, smell, taste, and participate. I’ve been to lots of cool places and done all sorts of interesting things and you think I whould have a photo of me doing them? Almost always, no. Well, that is if you do not count the video of me dancing with schoolchildren in Costa Rica.

I always remember to draw, so I have lots of drawings and paintings. But don’t take my word for it. Scroll down and under My Paintings, click on My Travel Paintings.

Do you take photos when you travel? I don’t because I either forget my camera or I forget to use it.

So my tips are

Tip #1: Do not forget your camera
Tip #2: Do not forget that you have your camera

Sometimes I get really excited when I am traveling to a new place. I just take it all in. I look, listen, smell, taste, and participate. I’ve been to lots of cool places and done all sorts of interesting things and you think I whould have a photo of me doing them? Almost always, no. Well, that is if you do not count the video of me dancing with schoolchildren in Costa Rica.

I always remember to draw, so I have lots of drawings and paintings. But don’t take my word for it. Scroll down and under My Paintings, click on My Travel Paintings.