Random Observations

This is what happens when you let a wannabe artist watch YouTube videos on different painting techniques. I have always had a secret desire to start drawing and painting again. I thought I lost my talent from not using it for so long. (a few decades or so).  Fortunately I had a girlfriend to show me I had not lost my talent. I was shocked at what she was able to bring out of me with just one lesson. I took to it like a duck takes to water. I felt so alive and inspired. The painting above is my latest and seventh. It's a combination of three painting styles I saw on You Tube The ballerina in the painting is symbolic of how I feel inside when I am alone and at peace. It's also a representation of how I feel when I am creating beautiful paintings. This style of painting challenges me to alter my perceptions of the world. If you notice the cedar tree in the lower left corner, you can see it needs help. I'm confused about how to paint a cedar tree in black and whit

I was at the Lowe's Plaza today (March 6, 2015). As I started to pull out of my parking spot I witnessed a very elderly lady fall on the sidewalk outside of the Dollar Tree. I was already at the stop sign not far from where I saw this poor woman fall so I put the car in park and took off running to help her. She told me that she tripped on a shopping cart and pointed to three carts sitting on the walkway next to the building and the one that caused her fall had no front wheels on it. Next thing I know some selfish jerk pulled up behind my empty car and honked his horn for me to get out of his way. He must have been someone really important because he couldn't be bothered to get off his fat ass and come help me. Instead, he just looked right at us and drove off in a huff without an ounce of compassion or empathy. This was an accident that did not have to happen but it did because of some thoughtless, lazy jerk who couldn't be bothered to walk the carts six feet back into