just doing my homework... another fall at trinity

to become the animal you are inside

sometimes you have to fall in leaves

or serenade starbucks 

or get dirty pulling logs out of the forest,

making some sweet furniture from doug fir felled to save rare oak meadows

Reed Thanksgiving dinner in Tulsa

Mary, David, Marcia and Sarah seated at the Thanksgiving 

feast served on Grandma's china and consumed with her classic 

silverware.  Mary selected the glassware, napkins, tablecloth; 

Hal cooked the turkey and fixin's with superb help from Mary 

and Sarah; and we each enjoyed the food, fellowship and a Packer win!

Newport Beach

Weekend getaway trip to Newport beach.  Enjoyed the frigid rain and wind of the oregon coast.  Hung out with Maddi and some friends of hers from Coeur d'Alene who were in for the weekend.

Fall along the Guadalupe River in the Hill Country of Texas

The bronze color of the cypress needles contrast with the green leaves of oaks, willows and populars still clinging to their autotrophic machinery in the last vestiges of the autumn sunlight

Reeds' Rockin' Concert

Hal and Mary were on the floor of the 2 Friends concert by Amy Grant and Michael W. Smith.  Good time and good sounds; a mixture of contemporary Christian, country, instrumental, and vocal.

Fiery Fall

Fiery staghorn sumac soaking up the last rays of autumn with their remaining anthocyanin photosynthetic pigments

Skog

I found myself in the forest today.  Another good day in the office......

Alpaca

Recent painting of a local alpaca.  I wanted to capture the unique quality and character of these creatures expressively and freely.  I used my texture more extensively in this piece which added interest but also frustration.  I also tried to incorporate similar colors from my landscape to connect the animal to its land.  My next painting is from a model and I think I will take a break from grassy textures.

Festivities

Little snapshot of some apartment life.  Last sunday we celebrated Jay's birthday with a home cooked bountiful feast including beef from Ryan's family's cows, halibut from Ryan's fishing trip, and of course apple pie.  From upper left to lower right: dishes with the two couples, apple pie, pile of bro flesh, and me creepin on miss Maddi Mularski.  We tried to get a better couple photos but this is the best we got.  Love for you all to meet her sometime!  This post is also to show that I do more than just make art and do have a social life.

The eyes of Hal are always upon you!

Mary's creative glass-topped insect display table