Well, here goes! On a whim, a few days ago, I decided that I needed a website to help me promote the drawings and portraits that I create.  In the setting up of the website, I see I have a space for writing as well. Can I use this space for observations? Can I add photographs that have little to do with my artwork? I suppose I can use it for anything I want, so it will likely become a patchwork of offerings that reflect a glimpse of my small world. I will not write every day, only when I have something to say. The photograph above was taken a few days ago in a freezing rain storm and it’s the view from my window through the freezing rain, down to the Blue Ridge Mountains in the distance. The mist is rising from the Potomac river in the middle of the photo. I thought it might make a good oil painting.

Welcome to these pages. I hope that you will follow me if you are interested or move on if you are not. Either way and every day, try to find a moment of stillness  in the relentless pace of life.