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July 16, 2022 – Aging Gracefully, Downloading Last Year’s Photos, and Discovering Memories
There’s often a space, often noticed, where life is more like what you’d like it to be ❤️
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July 15, 2022 – Aging Gracefully, Finding Peace Under the Crushing Weight of Today’s Times
There’s often a space, often noticed, where life is more like what you’d like it to be ❤️
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July 14, 2022 – Sold! Center Watercolor, Pink Blue Garden circa 2020, at The Old Bakery and Emporium #AustinTexas
I was happy to discover today that one of my 3 floral 8×10 acrylics at The Old Bakery & Emporium had sold! 🙏 😊
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July 13, 2022 – Parial Review : Marry Me, with Jennifer Lopez and Owen Wilson – 5 Happy Stars and Counting!!!
The trailer had us cracking up laughing, and the movie has us both loving and feeling tender moments for the children involved in the film —
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July 11, 2022 – Austin Texas Heat Wave Continues
I realize there are worse heat affected places in the world, with folks with less resources than Sheila and I are ( for now ) fortunate to have at this point, but if anyone is thinking of visiting or moving here, you gotta consider the heat.
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July 10, 2022 – My Most Viewed Image this Past Week @FineArtAmerica, “Flowering at Dawn” : circa 2020
One of my earliest and favorite of my 6×6 inch gallery wrap blocks of watercolor on Golden’s Absorbent Ground! Flowering at Dawn is still a mystery to me….
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July 08, 2022 – Working Texture and Figures into Compositions I Like, Part 2 : Comparing Figure Outlines
It’s nearly ten, time for bed, but I want to follow-up on yesterday’s post showing my newest figure work in-progress, and continue the comparison to figure work since late last year and from right before our move beginning of summer ( 2022 ).
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July 07, 2022 – Working Texture and Figures into Compositions I Like, Part 1 : Using a Full Figure Outline
Today I came closest to my full exercise schedule before our move to our new apartment, and yes, it wore me out, lol! But in a good way 😊 Still, it’s past 8:30 pm, and I almost didn’t get any painting in, but thankfully, did do a bit of in-lay texture dabbling ( not shown…
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July 06, 2022 – Nice News! Accepted to the Bethany Lutheran Annual Marketplace Craft Fair in November!
Sheila and I’ve gone to this grand art and craft marketplace in south Austin since the now-9-year old was a toddler….
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July 05, 2022 – Small But Welcome 4th of July Celebrations from Our New Location at #TheLadyBird #AustinTexas
That I’m running late with today’s blog post is a bit of an understatement, it being 1/2 past 11 and nearly Wednesday! But Sheila and I stayed up late a bit, enjoying peeks of fireworks and seeing folks enjoying being able to ( mostly, but not everywhere : Chicago parade shooting ) be out –
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July 04, 2022 – Happy 4th of July! 🇺🇸
Very little to say and so much to feel and think about this great country of ours.
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July 03, 2022 – My Most Viewed Image this Past Week @FineArtAmerica, “We Are the United States of America” : circa 2016 #DigitalPoster
Ironic, or simply apropos, seeing as tomorrow is the 4th of July, America’s anniversary birthday, my poster from 2016, “We Are the United States of America” was most viewed this past week on Fine Art America ❤️
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July 02, 2022 – #CrescentMoon at Sunset, Austin Texas
I hoped, in yesterday’s post, I might be able to post this sunset off our balcony – a crescent moon floating above the sea of crimson orange air – and am so glad I could 🙏
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July 01, 2022 – Our First Pigeon at Our New Place Shows Up for Food, Atop Our New Ivy Screen
Sheila and I’ve gotten to experience several 1st’s since moving into The LadyBird here in Austin, so it was specially nice when two 1st’s joined to make a memorable image through our window –
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June 30, 2022 – My Art and Prints on Special Sale At Primal Gallery 4th of July Weekend!
Primal Gallery 4th of July sale! Including both my art work and posters 😊
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June 29, 2022 – Someone Very Glad to See Us Today!
As per yesterday, still very exhausted feeling, but Sheila & I both beginning to also feel the move-fatigue to our new place is slowly being replaced by relief fatigue….
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June 28, 2022 – Record # of 100 Degree Days in June. Then it Rained….
This evening ( Monday, June 27, 2022 ) here in Austin, we broke the all-time record for number of days 100 degrees or more – and – the clouds and rain and cooler air swept through and we dared open the blinds and step outside before 10 pm, lol!
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June 27, 2022 – My Most Viewed Image this Past Week @FineArtAmerica, “Morning Light in Barton Springs Greenbelt, Austin Poster” ( circa 2021 ) #AustinTexas #AustinPhotography
Last week my most viewed image on Fine Art America was an Austin sunset image ( circa 2017 ) and this week a recent 2021 early am summer shot, “Morning Light in Barton Springs Greenbelt, Austin Poster” – an image I captured in the greenbelt on the Violet Crown trail 😊
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June 26, 2022 – Sending Me Memories : A Grandchild in #Paris
I know that look, I know that stance, and I know that view 💕 Our youngest grandchild and his mom are spending a few days in Paris, and who can’t resist making a stop at the Louvre? I know Sheila and I couldn’t when we were there, lol!
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June 25, 2022 – Aging Gracefully : A Spot of Oasis in My Life From the Heat Outside
Though we again went out in the morning for chores, and held them down to groceries and some exercise, the heat finally got to me today.
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June 24, 2022 – Aging Gracefully : Doing Chores, Exercises, Eating Well and Hanging in There in 100+ Degree Heat
It’s a minute to ten, past my bedtime for all practical purposes, lol! But had to get this short post out so ya’ll will know us 70+ year olds ( wife & I ) are – so far – successfully pacing through a 2nd month of all time record high temps here in Austin.
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June 23, 2022 – El Marisquero Seafood – 1st Time Eating Outside in a Texas Summer in Decades! #FoodTruck #EastAustin
Though I definitely can’t make it a habit, having a great tasting lunch break “outside” in the middle of the day in 100+ degree weather here in Austin was more than bearable – actually a pleasure!
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June 22, 2022 – New! – Walking in Light Poster
With our move to our new apt home done except for the sorting and placements, and Sheila and I are tiptoeing back into doing some exercise sets via SilverSneakers’ live Zoom class options, I’m finally beginning to post the few posters I’d gotten to work on before moving became a full time job, lol!
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June 21, 2022 – New! – Easy Stroll Poster
Today ( Monday ) is our 1st full day in our new apt, and even with all the sorting & choosing of what will go where ( and what really must be stored, chunked or donated ) I eked out enough time to finally upload a poster version of Easy Stroll, one of my favorite…
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June 20, 2022 – My Most Viewed Image this Past Week @FineArtAmerica, “Butler Park Sunset Silhouette Vertical” ( circa 2017 ) #AustinTexas #AustinPhotography
In-between my original art work, I’ve become used to seeing one of my photos appear as my most viewed for the week on Fine Art America, but “Butler Park Sunset Silhouette” – a detail crop, from a full length shot here in Austin, is from 5 years ago! ( 2017 )
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June 19, 2022 – Happy Father’s Day! – My Dad : Tough Choices and A Life Well Lived
The pic of my dad above, left side, looking down, lips pursed, touching his fingers together to help make the connections he needed inside himself, was before he left for several months-long journeys from Brownsville to Houston to secure work and a place for us to live.
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June 18, 2022 – A Little Art Project While Not Being Able to Paint During Our Move to #TheLadyBird #AustinTexas
Obviously, as per my recent posts about moving to our new locale at The LadyBird, I’ve been stretched for time and energy. Moving in one’s 70s is no fun task, though Sheila and I are relishing our new location more and more as we near completing our transition.
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June 17, 2022 – Packing My Birthday-Bird Gift From a Decade Ago For Its Ride to Our New Place – #TheLadyBird #AustinTexas!
Our oldest grandchild gave me this ever cheerful wonky fun turquoise bird nearly 10 years ago or so. I couldn’t help but feel, seeing it resting comfortably in the trunk of your car, it was really glad to be joining Sheila and myself at our new place, The LadyBird, here in Austin!
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June 16, 2022 – Pushing Through a Transition Week With A Glorious Evening Image to Guide Us Through
Sheila & I took a brief sunset walk after another full day of sorting / cleaning at the old place, and sorting / setting / enjoying the new one 😊
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June 15, 2022 – 1st Day into Night in Our New Abode
To celebrate, we took a slow short walk down along a bit of the water’s edge along Lady Bird Lake. Kinda fitting seeing as we now live at The Ladybird, lol!
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June 14, 2022 – Visited a New-to-Us 70+ Years Old Cafe Near #TheLadyBird #AustinTexas Before Our Move – Cisco’s
My own sense of what’s authentic Tex-Mex food is grounded on my two grandma’s, both home based in Brownsville, Texas; then via my Mom of course, through all the decades I spent growing up in Houston.
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June 13, 2022 – My Most Viewed Image this Past Week @FineArtAmerica, “Blue with Gold Twilight Poster”
Barely released to Fine Art America ( FAA ) last week, Blue with Gold Twilight Poster jumped easily to most viewed for the week! Maybe not so surprising, since the original acrylic on stretched canvas itself was most viewed FIVE weeks running when 1st uploaded to FAA!!
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June 08, 2022 – Preparing and Delivering New Poster Prints for #PrimalGalleryDS West of Austin
Here then are some of my posters already available at Primal Gallery, and those already formatted and being prepared for sale there also 😊
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June 07, 2022 – A New Beginning For My Wife & I
Sheila and I signed the paperwork for our new apartment in a new 55+ development along Lady Bird Lake that still has 3 connected bldgs in-progress. They form a U-shape around an existing tower that’ll be stripped down inside and out and, two or so years from now….
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June 05, 2022 – My Most Viewed Image this Past Week @FineArtAmerica, “Walking With the Stars Poster”
Nice to write this post today ( Saturday ) for tomorrow, showcasing my most viewed image at Fine Art America for a week recently – and – deliver prints of this poster to Primal Gallery near Dripping Springs ( just west of Austin ).
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June 04, 2022 – New Poster Design for “Walking With the Stars” @FineArtAmerica
Tomorrow ( Saturday ) I’ll be taking copies of these, plus some other new posters, to Primal Gallery just west of us here in Austin & gotta go early ’cause of both the weekend traffic and near or above 100 degree temps, whew! 😊
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June 03, 2022 – An Update on the Search for Answers to Prevent Another #Uvalde, Another #BuffaloNY
I believe the media should have live debates, regularly – weekly or daily, with representatives of these and opposing and mediating views. And then we should vote. As a nation. Without impediment to voting, including far away or scarce voting locations as per populations. At least it’d be a start….
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June 02, 2022 – “Morning’s Promise” : Completed, After 2 Days of Finishing Touches
A different kind of textural experiment for me, as most the painting’s pigments were laid in with generous amounts of either transparent white acrylic, heavy matte gel acrylic or both. With sprinkles of marble dust here and there 😊
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June 01, 2022 – New, My Art With Digital Mat Design Poster @FineArtAmerica – “Blue with Gold Twilight Poster”
It’s in the swirls and mixes that the most of life gains its beauty.
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May 31, 2022 – Working My Art Slowly Since #Uvalde – “Morning’s Promise” Still In-Progress, Feels Close to Finished
There is a persistence in hope, and if we are to live a life worth living, it seems we must persist, we must hope – and – we must act.
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May 30, 2022 – Memorial Day : Celebrating a Day for The Women and Men Who Gave Their Lives To End War Crimes Elsewhere ( Massacres and Wanton Killing ) Happening Now in Our Own Country – #UvaldeTexas #BuffaloNY #LasVegas #Orlando #SandyHook #TexasFirstBaptist #LubysTexas #WalmartElPaso #SanYsidroCalifornia #AustinTexas #ParklandFlorida ++++
I’ve read and heard ( on TV) recently that the problem of all this unwanted unnecessary violence stems from “mental health issues” and / or evil – both of which I readily agree as being individually or even together the cause; though neither as sufficient as a blanket root cause.
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May 29, 2022 – My Most Viewed Image this Past Week @FineArtAmerica, Repeat Most Viewed – “Austin Pink Sunset”
Wonderful, iconic, and a favored memory of rushing down along the banks of Lady Bird Lake between the old railroad bridge and the Pfluger Pedestrian Bridge, I captured 3 images all total, from….
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May 28, 2022 – Sheila & I Attended 2 Gallery Openings Saturday! Stop #2 #AustinArtSpace in North Central Austin
…we were ready to ease down to an old familiar location having their 1st open-art-call opening and show since before the pandemic – AVAA’s Austin Art Space!
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May 28, 2022 – When Plans of What to Write About Become Necessities : #Uvalde
Below are tweets and/or links etc referring to those above topics. I’ll try and notate in the title if there’s a dominant topic. Right now, it’s still : children murdered… ..en masse….
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May 27, 2022 – When a Child Asks Why Someone Wants To Kill Him and His Friends….
…our youngest girl has had to speak with the 9 year old, our youngest grandchild, about this….
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May 26, 2022 – #KVUE News Austin Had an Article That Got Me Thinking More About Gun Violence and Potential Gun Control Laws
…it’s that latter position, gun controls that do exist, and their being exemplified as markers of failures in their communities to stem unlawful violence that got me thinking. See below –
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May 25, 2022 – When Innocent Children Are Gunned Down, We Are in the Land of Death and MUST Change This
There is ample room between no one anywhere anytime having access to a gun and everyone anywhere anytime having any gun they want & be able to carry it about anywhere anytime they want. That’s what Democracy is about.
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May 24, 2022 – Sheila & I Attended 2 Gallery Openings Saturday! Stop #1 #PrimalGalleryDS West of Austin
A from-the-ground-up creation of Primal Gallery owner Joe Lednicky, the atmosphere was hopeful while conversations bubbled and rolled round the large interior.
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May 23, 2022 – My Most Viewed Image this Past Week @FineArtAmerica, “Walk Among the Wildflowers” #Watercolor #panorama
Painted in 2020 right at the 2 year mark ( A Walk Among the WildFlowers – New Watercolor on Absorbent Ground, May 2020 ), this small panoramic watercolor has returned for another most viewed week; it’s previous most viewed week about a year ago! There must be an anniversary-thing involved in all this, lol!
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May 22, 2022 – Sheila & I Attended 2 Gallery Openings Saturday! #PrimalGalleryDS #AustinArtSpace
Art is definitely a way of life – but it also definitely can make life more fun! 😊
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