Countdown

Six Days

Wow! Six days to retirement. Thank you to my friends for the perfect send off!


Retirement Plans

After 38 years of working full time, most recently as a project manager, I am looking forward to putting the plans in place for my retirement, spending more time with my family, and exploring art. Can’t wait!

Photo with my daughter

Thank you Wyanne!

I have been taking classes with Wyanne (wyanne.net) and exploring new techniques, including using acrylic skins and painting with fluids on raw canvas. Her classes are recorded and online with a live Zoom session once per month. Thank you Wyanne! I am learning so much. What an inspiration!

Getting close to finishing this one using acrylic skins!

Getting close to finishing this one using acrylic skins!

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Fluids on Raw Canvas

Work in progress

Fluids!

I am having fun exploring painting with fluids. I am using watercolor in interesting ways and combining it with alcohol ink and fluid acrylics!

History

For the last 36 years, I have worked full time to provide a good life for my family and to fulfill my career aspirations. Art has always been a part of my life but usually something that I pursued on rare occasions. I likely averaged about one piece of art per year (or less) for a very long time.

In 2018, I realized that I was making the decisions about my priorities and that if I wanted art to take a more significant role, I would need to act. (Also, the NY Mets were struggling.) I gave up on the Mets and instead traded the time I would normally spend watching baseball and promised myself that I would do something artistic every day. The results of that change in priorities are the works in my Current Works Gallery.