is it just me?

I see a formal cow portrait.  Do you?

  

Never leave home without a camera.

You never know when you'll need proof.

freud at forty

I sketched this portrait of Lucien Freud at forty

from a photo in VF.

What a guy.

joe

Our good friend Joe Kennedy,

 archeologist extraordinaire of all things Polynesian,

especially all things Hawaiian,

died in his sleep a month ago.

Considering Joe's larger-than-lifestyle,

 my portrait is not exactly a likeness.

But it's close enough to remind me of him.

Besides, he'd be glad to see the pounds gone.

dog on wheels

I took this little guy off of the window sill in the studio,

 painted his portrait, took a bad picture of it

and posted it.  

So there you have it.

never say die

A few weeks ago, a door opened

and five good old dogs went through.

One of them was my dog Garrett's girlfriend, Sammy.

Here's the iPhone portrait I did of her.

    

He's not worried;

he's pretty sure they all went someplace good.