Yosemite Valley Linocut Print
I have been working on carving the relief for this print for the last couple of weeks.  Fits and starts at first, but this last week I have really gotten into the challenge of it.  Yesterday I spent the better part of 8 hours adding to the 8 hours previously committed.  Today, I carved in the sky and pulled my first proofs.  This is my most ambitious work to date, and the challenge has been rewarded with what I think is beautiful piece.  I want to tell you the story of it.

New York, New York
I finished this painting today.  I am pleased with the results.  It is 48"x24", and is painted with acrylics on canvas.

A New Kind of Printmaking?
I have been experimenting a lot with Chine-collé,  which Wiki says (quite eloquently) is a special printm

Why I Will Always Wear A Helmet
This past Tuesday, I was enjoying a bike ride to the studio with Annie.  It is a great ride - we leave our house near Ocean Beach, enter Golden Gate park at the end of our block, then ride up through the park in the morning sun, then hit the Panhandle, then The Wiggle, then I either hit 14th Street to get down to Potrero Hill through the Mission, or head downtown via Market Street to the Embarcadero for the scenic route pa

10 Hour Studio Day
I got here at 8am and painted until 6pm.  The painting in the back, named "Oaktown", is finished.  The painting in the front, an acrylic version of "16 Towers," is well on its way to being complete.  I am going to add some color tomorrow in the morning light, in the hopes it, too, will be ready for Open Studios on Saturday.  Who cares if the paint is still wet?  Here is a video of the Oaktown painting - it is so big that a photo doesn't do it justice: