THESE ARE A FEW OF MY FAVORITE THINGS...

Mary Mark is an artist who creates wonderful reduction linocuts and pastel paintings. She is probably one of the foremost lino artists in the country. She lives and works out of a 120 year old church in New Richmond, Ohio. Her website http://www.marymark.com/WelcomePage.htm shows some of her pieces and also has a section explaining the process.

WOLF PASTEL II

I have made some changes and added to my wolf pastel based on a second photograph of the subject. More detail and more trees!!

WOLF PASTEL

After watching a couple of Roberta Baer pastel video clips I started a small pastel painting of a wolf myself. Nothing like the work that she does, but a lot of fun for me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Si-3A_sKmkw

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Today is my wife's birthday. The wonderful woman who let's me use the downstairs of our house as my art and music studio.

Watercolor that I'm working on now.

GRANDPA???

I've spent the last few days watching my first grandson while number two was born. I'm still thinking that I'm too young to be a grandfather! Levi came into this world at 8 pounds 12 ounces. That's making your presence know!

Pastel that I did of Liam (First grandson)

FANTASTIC SCRATCHBOARD ART

I have mentioned scratchboard art and how much I enjoyed the different times I've attempted a drawing in earlier posts. If you would like to see how it is properly done, visit this Youtube clip of Canadian artist Al Weitzel creating a beautiful wolf piece.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aF9uFyWx3fk&feature=related

EAST COAST

Spent the last five days in Baltimore, or more specifically, Annapolis. I went to the Navy, Air Force football game to see Kriss Proctor. I coached him here in Big Bear, so quite a treat seeing him play. The game didn't turn out as I would have hoped, but I enjoyed seeing the academy and what Kriss' life is like now.

Not much time for art except a quick watercolor study.