I was browsing through Instagram the other day when I happened upon a post from an old friend and former co-worker who is a very prolific artist. He was putting the contents of a storage unit up for sale via an online auction, and this prompted a bunch of questions, thoughts and ideas. The first … Read more
I was driving in the Lake George area of New York State, when I noticed this small structure in a field on the side of the road. It’s hard to know what this is … a small structure that sunk into the ground due to a lack of a proper foundation? The one and only … Read more
I was checking out an antiques store in New Paltz, New York last fall, when I saw this painting of Jesus on black velvet. It instantly grabbed my attention, as something so bad that it was good. I was completely enamored of this painting, both for the total cheese factor, and the mystifying question of … Read more
It’s always satisfying when someone wants to live with one of my paintings, and this one, titled “Paris Think and Feel” from 1998, was recently sold. It’s a 30 x 34 inch oil on canvas, and the imagery caused the people viewing it to speculate on what is going on here. As an artist, I … Read more
I was in Minneapolis for the Christmas holiday, and took a venture downtown to look around. I didn’t have a particular destination, I was just walking around as it had been a long time since I had been downtown despite several recent visits to Minnesota to visit family. At any rate, I walked by this … Read more
I was doing some holiday shopping recently when I found myself walking past a “Five Below” store – I can’t say it’s ever been a place that I have shopped, but I understood it to be a discount store and I decided to go in to see what kind of stuff they had. I was … Read more
I happened upon a sale of local ceramic artists in a funny way: I was going through my emails trying to clear out junk mail and click on “unsubscribe” links to try to slow the flood of future junk mail. I saw an email from the “Nextdoor” app, and thought it was a good candidate … Read more
I was in the mood to watch a travel-related movie last night, and a stunning and surprising fact pushed me in the direction of a National Geographic film called “Into The Canyon.” It was said that more people have stepped on the surface of the moon than have hiked the full width of the Grand … Read more
I had a chance to visit Paris in 2012, and I took full advantage of my time there to visit the major museums, walk the streets, and explore different neighborhoods. One in particular that I wanted to visit was Montmartre, due to its significant role in art history, as the one-time home base for artists … Read more
I was reading something about the U.S. Space Force, and the threats that exist in outer space, and some of the details caught me by surprise, or rather, they were ideas that seemed like science fiction that in fact are real now. The one that grabbed my attention was the existence of Russian “nesting doll” … Read more