This was a good weekend, spending time at home cleaning...going thru things and starting to downsize. Thinking about where I was, to where I am and where I'd like to go.

I started several new paintings this weekend, a study in th male form...this is a 30x40 sketch, of one of those pieves.



When painted the form will have warm tones, presenting hopefully a peacefulness in the painting. This is the song that inspired this weekend and me getting up in the middle of the night to start on this project...

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I've been thinking this weekend about the things in my life...those "things" we're all supposed to have. When I first came back to Dallas I started over and still am. Only now, I have a better understanding, for me, oh what I need. I need my health, I need my energy and hope. I need my family and friends.

It's a work in progress, going through things. Not so much throwing away as letting go. What does a grown man need with 70+ Barbies? Yes, you heard me. I'm keeping 10 of them and selling the rest....why 10? Because, Barbies are like Lays potato chips for me, you can never have just one
There is much I want to do, I'd love to be able to live by myself again in a loft in Dallas...it's gonna happen.

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Finding myself again is proving to be a challenge, but, I'm getting there

More to come as I start the week!

If you're gona start sometime, why not now

I was lying in bed tonight and was thinking about new canvases for an art show I'll be doing in May....I came up with a theme and a Titke, Man Oh Man will be the name of the show and the theme will be centered around paintings of the male form. I'm going to start sketching now, in my underwear I might add as coffee is brewing. This to me is one of the benefits of working at home, instant gratification of an idea!




Here is the start of Real Life, a 48x60 painting that is halfway there, I did most of it today while doing laundry. Note to self, never take out clothes from the dryer with wet painted hands, anyway...more on the premise of that soon. On to the idea!

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6am

Idea is started, the other great thing about working at home is crawling back into bed before the sun comes up...the coffee will keep, sweet dreams

If you're gonna start sometime, why not now

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Today marks the end of a very productive week...more to come. Just love this song, from one of my favorite musicals RENT.

Interview with a local news station





Taking art shows down, selling art



And making a good start to my Think Outside the Box Creative workshop at AIN, the clients are great!



This is the first level of an ongoing project, next week we do Saint
Pattys Day!



Continuing to downsize, 20 plus canvases are now hung throughout the house



Mom and Pop are home safe and sound from their winter escape...Life be good!

Contemplating my trip to Spain as well as getting back on the bike, "Bernice" as the weather starts to warm up.

The highlight of my week was the new Save A Lot store that just opened in my neighborhood. It's the little things that are the best...

Ok need to start my PT and paint! Today I'm working on several things including a new piece 48x60 called Real Life, will post soon.

Tonight is something a little different, DQ Dinner with Laura, my main Bean!

If you're gonna start sometime, why not now

Something I've needed for a while. It came and went and now I'm ready for the week. Much ahead.
Lunch at Sonny Brians...can never have too many ribs



A visit to my friends memorial at local resurant



A biillboard I pass every day, Rick is lookin out for me



A plunger I found on the floor at Walmart....made me think of Maggie.



Nothing special, just lot's of roaming around and taking pics. Taking it easy after not feeling week last week.

If you're gonna stat sometime, why not now

Downsizing, reorganizing,,,things for March. I have hung 15 canvases, some come complete, others that will be finished soon.

I sold a painting this weekend at Artisans Collective.

I'm Possible was one of the first big pieces I painted when I got back to Dallas. A 48x60 painting

This is a pic of the painting as it dried in my home last year.



Over 70 layers. The piece became a challenge, starting as Impossible, because painting something this big was more than a challenge, it was a bitch, falling into the canvas. Falling as I turned the canvas around. As I got closer to turning the corner on this piece, I saw the potential in new paintings and new techniques.

I hung in m home for 2 months before saying hello to the public and now it's found a new home. I couldn't be happier.

As an artist I paint so I can share. As I make piles this month, I make room for the next stage, the next chapter.

If you're going to start sometime, why not now