3 New Computer Sketches

In Memoriam

Jeanne was a great looking lady, she worked as a professional model in Detroit for many years

Ouch !!!!

I'm having a gout attack in both my hands as well as my feet. I won't be able to post for a couple of days or won't be able to drive anywhere.

New Book Cover

A Canadian publisher, Dundurn, recently contacted me about using one of my paintings for a book cover. It was a painting of Makola Market in Ghana that I did after visiting the country. Below is the original painting.

January was a tough month !

It was cold and our area had lots of snow in January. My furnace went out twice and I spent a lot of time in front of the fireplace. I went out to buy a space heater and hit a big pothole resulting in a flat tire ! Maybe this month will be better. It was very pretty outside though, but I've had enough of winter.

Remembering an old friend

Don Silverstein was a great artist and long time friend. I worked with him when he started at Allied Artists in Detroit sometime around 1948. Don was a wildman and did some terrific artwork. He eventually worked in London, New York City and even spent 10 years in Tokyo. His wife, Sakiko, has just published a book"Don Silverstein", showing his amazing work, it's available at Amazon.com.

Digital sketches for a painting

For my recent series of acrylic paintings I have done my preliminary color sketches on the computer. Below are some of the interesting color variations that I developed on the computer in a short time, something that would be very time consuming if done using traditional mediums. My first sketch done using Photoshop Elements 3.0 on a Mac computer. This is a negative version of the same image. Another color variation. Having fun with color. Still another variation. On this version I changed the proportions of the first sketch to see what that would look like. The finished acrylic painting done on canvas.