Today I gave a speech and a slideshow for my opening. I was amazed that the students  – at least all the ones who asked questions – could speak English well and had very intelligent questions and comments. Tammy did a fantastic job translating. I got an interview with a local newspaper. All and all, [...]

I fielded a great question today. Someone asked me why, since I paint a lot of Christian, Buddhist and Eastern religious icons, I don’t also paint Islam. I struggled for awhile – I said I wasn’t that interested, or didn’t know enough about it… but then I finally realized the answer. (Ok, it shouldn’t have [...]

It’s up! Giving a speech at the official opening tomorrow.

Here’s 7 paintings that are almost finished; I have to finish them sometime tomorrow, and then hopefully varnish everything. With my portraits, I have almost 50… there are about 5 more that I won’t have time to finish, but at least I’ll have something new for the next exhibition. And geez, I have a lot [...]

I have a little more than a week before the blue truck comes to take my paintings to the gallery. I just checked my studio: I have 4 half-finished paintings, and 7 that I’ve only sketched or outlined! Crickey! I busted out these three today. The little girl with the sign (I think I’ll call [...]