Painting, design, &c.
Yesterday I looked out the window at my yard (sand, mesquite, aloe, chaparral, nopal) and saw the sun had back-lit a small cactus and it struck me as “pretty.” Phone in hand, I went out to see what I could get. Continue reading “My first cyanotype print”
I’ve been preparing illustrations for publication since the early eighties. Back in the day, materials used were typically pencil and ink on paper.
Today, when producing for the web I frequently start Continue reading “Notes on Illustration”
Recently, a client, Inner Life Directions Publishing, asked that I design a book for e-publication. The brief – being part of a campaign to distribute useful information regarding a particular method of meditation – stipulated output in three formats: Epub, Mobi, and PDF.
First thing was to Continue reading “Meditation: In Pursuit of the Real – book”
The Los Angeles based painter Alfredo de Batuc asked me to make a short video illustrating his work in a particular sketchbook which, following a debilitating encounter with Guillain-Barré syndrome, marked his Continue reading “More About “Bosquejario I””
When the season gets me down, I put on some cheerful music and thank the stars we still have Jerry Herman and Angela Lansbury.
Mame,1966, starring Ms. Lansbury and Bea Arthur.
Music and lyrics: Jerry Herman.
