Art by Steve Campbell.
This Louie and Bruce comic page is from September 1981. I was 24 and married for ten months. I had big dreams back then and a bigger future in front of me. I found this comic and others like it while I went through old boxes during a search for decorations of Christmases past. TheContinue reading A Louie and Bruce Treasure Hunt [comic strip]
I began drawing comic strips when I was in high school. I mentioned The Klutz in my last post. I featured it in my notebooks, notes to friends, and on chalkboards when teachers weren’t around. The Burgess Bros. came next and became a common feature on many unattended chalkboards at my school. Fifi was aContinue reading Conroy’s Corner from the Archives [comic strip]
This archive features a tiny collection of my favorite Louie and Bruce comic strips that I drew many years ago. I began drawing comic strips when I was in high school, waaay back in the 1970s when dinosaurs still roamed the planet. The first serious strip I drew for teachers and classmates was The Klutz,Continue reading Louie and Bruce from the Archives [comic strip]
In an attempt not to be a stranger to everyone who follows my blog, I’m recycling some of my old blogs from years ago. I have many new followers since I began this venture in 2011, and I’m certain few of them have riffled through those blogs of yesteryear. This post features an acrylic wildlifeContinue reading Black Bear Painting from the Archives
I wrote in a recent post about my interest in manipulating my photographs to make them look like paintings. The sample I included was a skyscape. I like skies. And water. Skies would not be skies without clouds. I could look at clouds all day. The photo above is another skyscape. It is a combination—aContinue reading Sunset Photo Manipulation
Photo manipulation has a long history, beginning not long after the creation of the first photograph (1825) by Joseph Nicéphore Niépce. Anyone interested can read the history at Wikipedia. I recently became interested in manipulating some of my photographs to make them look like paintings. I tried various methods of applying paints and inks toContinue reading Skyscape Photo Manipulation
If I were able to go back in time and relive my childhood while keeping the knowledge I have now, I would choose again to be an artist first and a writer second. I was an early and avid reader when I was a child. But I was also and moreover an art lover. Art,Continue reading Back To the Drawing Board [drawing]
I awoke today with an intention to write something profound. Then I got out of bed. There are moments between sleep and consciousness when our minds are busy creating. For me, whether when I’m falling asleep or awakening, that’s when stories play out and I see artwork happen in my mind. Psychologists call this stageContinue reading Hypnagogia [painting]
It was time to be a visual artist again, so I spent a couple days getting my artist’s eye back in shape by working on some sketches. I decided to look at rocks and study their shapes and colors. I’ve chosen 3 better ones to share. They’re all acrylic paintings on paper and cardboard—something IContinue reading Rock Sketches In Acrylic [painting]
I have always been attracted to water and the life and world within it; perhaps it’s because I’m an Aquarian. Water can be hypnotic with its reflections and refractions of light and color, and it draws me to capture its many expressions. Here then is a sampling of local reflections and the sites that lay atopContinue reading Water Shots [photography]
Occasionally, I get out my cameras and take photos of nature. Where I live, May is a month of blossoms all around me, and a time of beauty and rebirth. I used to compose my photos with ideas about the paintings I wanted to do. Now, while I photograph the outdoors, I compose stories inContinue reading Apple Blossoms [photography]
I enjoy watching small animals skittering and dashing about with their daily activities. I have my favorites, like chipmunks and squirrels, that I try to capture with pencil and paper. But lately I have been studying birds more than usual. Although I’m not a bird painter, per se, I have done a few paintings withContinue reading Sketching Critters
