Four Freight Trains – 32 Staples

I glance at the orange nurse call button several times. I sense the pain killer they injected was wearing off. I had resolved to avoid the dreaded label of “high-maintenance patient,” but the pain is escalating and I was told to stay on top of it to make it easier to manage. The knee incision …

Recent portrait drawings

Here are some of my recent ink portrait drawings. These are all based on reference photos from the Museum/Sktchy app where fellow artists (people I don’t really know) post photos for other portrait artists to draw. This incorporates little pressure to produce a perfect portrait. However, rumor has it that I will start drawing and …

Three Portraits from Colombia

…scribbled with ink dip pen. Abuela Dilan Edwainis

Four Sketches from Colombia

We are visiting Colombia for a few weeks. Here are a few of my sketches from the Montezuma Rainforest Ecolodge near Pueblo Rico, Risaralda in the Western Andes. Bamboo is seen growing like a weed throughout Colombia. It helps prevent erosion on hillsides and its strong tubular stems (culms) provide useful building material. The Flame-rumped …

Hank Aaron

Hank Aaron (1934-2021). With all that's going on this month, we may not have noticed that a baseball legend passed away. I was still a baseball fan in 1974 when Hank Aaron (#44 for the Atlanta Braves) hit his 715th home run, surpassing Babe Ruth's long-standing record. I was not aware at the time, but …

Presidential

I’ve been trying to remember what it means to be presidential. I believe the term used to mean demonstrating dignity, respecting due process in the exercise of power, and making efforts to unite more than just his voting base, but the entire “United” States of America. That’s what I remember, anyway. Abraham Lincoln (pen and …

Friends at Breakfast

Saw this symbiotic scene out in the meadow a few mornings ago. See haiku below. head down, deer grazes magpie picks distended ticks few words are exchanged 

Helen Keller / Anne Sullivan

"The best and most beautiful things cannot be seen, heard, or even touched. They must be felt with the heart."  ~Helen Keller / Anne Sullivan Historians debate if this quote is from Helen Keller or Anne Sullivan, but regardless, here it is. I suspect the student learned it from the teacher, or it was a …

First Half of Inktober (days 1 – 15)

Have you heard of the global drawing exercise called "Inktober?" This is an annual event where established and aspiring artists from around the world create an ink drawing every day of October (31 days / 31 drawings). The drawings do not need to be polished, and most of mine end up being like field sketches. …