Happy Fourth of July!

 

 

Happy Summer to all.



 

While I was away....

 

 

Since the time I posted about Halloween (which is basically my last post) it has been very busy at the new house.  While work continues feverishly in the backyard, the front yard has been landscaped.  There is still more work to be done in the front and time needed for the new plants to get established, but it is starting to look very pretty. Bobby found the wrought-iron fence at a local salvage yard, had it cut down and installed and then painted it himself.  It really does look like it has been here forever.  To see where the front yard started, look down a couple of posts to the Halloween post I mentioned.  The yard then was a true fright.



 

Bearded Man Drawing

 

 

 

 

 

The Bearded Man Drawing hangs in my bedroom with some of my favorite things.

 

Bearded Man Drawing

The graphite drawing measures 29"W X 31"H. Matted under glass and in the black painted wood frame, the piece measures 40"W X 44"H. Pricing and shipping information is available upon request.



 

 

A Texas Halloween

 

 

 

 

Well, we are finally getting settled into the new house.  Halloween has come and gone.  Above are just a few pictures of the house all spooked up.  I really did go a bit overboard this year.  Unfortunately, I do not have any photos of it at night, all lit up.  It really was something else.  Also, there are no pictures of the cocoon men we made, but trust me, they were a bit frightening peeking out the window and crawling across the yard. 

Hopefully I will be better at posting now that my new computer (thank you Bobby and Richard!) is set up and ready to go and things have calmed now a bit.  Happy Holiday Season to you all!

 



 

Dallas, Texas

 

 

Well, we are all now in Dallas.  The photo above was taken on the plane we rode in three weeks ago from Fort Myers to Dallas.  We are all settling in and are finally, for the most part, unpacked.  The last three weeks have flown by and yet it seems like it has been months since we lived in Fort Myers.  The house here is beautiful, the neighborhood is gorgeous and the city is so much fun. Although we all miss our friends, regular haunts and the house, I do think Dallas may be a better fit for us all.



Portrait in Gold

I recently mounted, matted and framed in gold molding a portrait study that I did a number of years ago.  I have always loved it, but could never decide how exactly to frame it.  Since the piece is really a sketch done with paint, I decided to go this way with it.  I love the result.  The photographs of the piece were taken without glass in the frame.  It is normally under glass.

Gold Portrait

The mounted canvas on board measures 24"W X 30"H.  Matted, framed and under glass the piece measures 35" W X 41"H.  Pricing and shipping information is available upon request.



Remembering Christmas at the House

Our final day here in SW Florida is rapidly approaching.  The closer it gets, the more excited I become and the sadder I get at leaving the House.  We have had a great time here, especially during the Holidays.  Above are some photographs taken last Christmas.  The Great Room was beautiful with the tree and presents.  And the reindeer, well he speaks for himself.  Bobby cut the pattern out of six pieces of plywood and I had the job of painting it.  It is huge and will be coming with us to Texas.  The last couple of photographs are intended to show the scale of the reindeer as well as to show one of the things I will miss most about this area, which is the ability to go without a shirt year round.

Good-bye House and Hello Mike

Well, the house has sold and it looks like we will be leaving Fort Myers the first week of September. It is definitely a bittersweet time for us.  We will be leaving with lots of great memories and two new family members.  Vincent, who I have posted a photo of before, and Mike, our newest member. We found Vincent in the parking lot of our gym. Bobby found Mike, just last week, darting through rush hour traffic at a very busy intersection here in town.  The photo above is him exploring the top of my desk.  He is adorable and fits right in.