Spring In The Air

Good morning from my studio in East Nashville. Hope everyone is doing well this fine morning. I saw a statement a few days ago that we are in the Spring of Deception. This will be followed by Third Winter, then the Pollenning. I thought that was pretty accurate. Nothing quite like the weather in Middle…

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March Madness – For Pet Portraits

Good morning from my studio in East Nashville. Hope everyone is doing okay. We’ve had a rough month re: weather. I’m still waiting to get the ice storm damaged trees cut and cleared. Hope you have gotten that taken care of and that life is back to normal. I had a great response to my…

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Back In the Saddle Again

Good morning from my studio in East Nashville. Hope everyone is doing well. You may (I hope) have noticed I’ve been absent the last several weeks. Nothing bad was the cause. In fact, it was a good thing. The room that is my studio, office and music room was renovated. I now have my studio…

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A Beautiful Morning

Good morning from my studio in East Nashville. Hope everyone is having a good morning. I had posted a couple of people portraits I did last year some time back, and here’s another one. Sorry about the glare spots on the right side of the painting. I didn’t catch that when I took the photo.…

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Thawing Out

Good morning from my studio in East Nashville. I hope everyone survived the ice storm without much trouble. I also hope that those still without power get their service restored soon. I’m waiting for the tree company to come cut up all the broken branches in my backyard. Quite a few came down, but fortunately,…

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From the Frozen East

Good morning from my frozen studio in East Nashville. Actually, I can’t complain much since we have had power the whole time. I know many of my friends and neighbors have not. NES has restored power to over 100,000 customers, so they are doing extraordinary work and are appreciated. I occasionally get to do a…

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Snow, Maybe?

Good morning from my studio in East Nashville. Hope everyone is doing well. Looks like there is a forecast for snow, so the grocery stores will be packed. As a lifelong Nashville resident, I can attest that the grocery store rush whenever the word “snow” is mentioned has gone on forever. We used to joke…

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A Good Day

Good morning from my studio in East Nashville. I hope everyone is doing well on this cold but sunny day. We’re almost to the middle of January; the days are getting longer, and before we know it, spring will be here. The cycles of nature always inspire. Here’s another Christmas commission portrait. This is Louie,…

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Back in the Saddle Again

Good morning from my studio in East Nashville. I hope everyone had a great holiday. I finished and delivered my Christmas commissions on December 23, just in time. After marathon painting sessions to get them done, I took a couple of weeks off. I’m back now, and ready to paint again. So if you have…

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Almost Done

Good morning from my studio in East Nashville. Hope everyone is well after this nasty cold snap went through. And I hope the Christmas season has not stressed you out. I’m down to just finish a project that’s about 75% done, and I’ll have my Christmas commissions finished. It’s been a good year; my sincere…

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