Hi people, I say people because as you may note, I have sent this out to a lot of folks so as to promote myself a little. Anyway, I will be posting a lot more of my work over the next months, and I need the attention!! I crave validation!! Anyway here is the mural I have been working on that is 2/3 done. It is done with acrylic on an approx. 8'X8' wall in the lobby of the residence at the Lawrence YMCA. Hope you all enjoy...

Oh my...In deciding what to post, what photos, art, poetry, etc. I am moved beyond myself, I do not know how to feel, it was like walking through my past, and the kids photos so beautiful, so...I don't know. I hope you enjoy some of this stuff dear observer.

Poetry

Leftovers

He died in a hail of bullets
hail like in a storm
but, this was his last storm
he died in uniform so, there are honors, and flags
he died amongst comrades
so there are tears and terrors
there is the wondering who will be next
he died leaving children and spouse
so, there is a funeral, widow and fatherless children
there is grief so deep that no light may penetrate for a time
there are the high school friends and sweetheart who had not seen him for a while, feeling his loss the more keenly for that lapse
there are the mother and father, the sister and two brothers, the aunts and uncles,
his clothes, his car, his books, his thoughts as written or, spoken to all those he knew
all must find there consolations or not
all consume some part of the leftovers
from a dinner which should never have been served

latest portrait sold

I'm going to start posting a lot more of my art and other works here and I hope to have cards made up soon. The portrait I'm putting up today is of my friend Barry Boddy's grand nephew, Blake. I developed a better mix of media on this one than I did with Liam, but ce la vie I sold the Blake portrait yesterday and I donated the Liam pic to his gym and they like it (and so do I), and framed it. So, my friends, that's it for now. More to come!

Ok new post after long silence, on the blog that is,. I decided to load up some more stuff. Today I am uploading a portrait of my son Liam on the still rings doing a cool skill. Hope you enjoy it. However the photograph washes out the color a bit so just imagine everything darker than it looks!