It’s always surprising who comes to visit my studio and buys one, two, or more paintings all at once. The most satisfying sales are of paintings I toiled over, off and on, through the years, adding images, rubbing out the images, piling on paint and scraping off the paint. (Paper towels and Isopropyl are a must.)

Then there are the intrepid explorers who venture out to my garden house and patiently pick through all the dozens of paintings I’ve stored there. A lot of those paintings I would call “iffy.” With numbers, scribbles, and secretive messages only a skilled detective can decipher. Thankfully, I’ve had many intrepid explorers coming this year. I’ve posted a few samples here.

And lastly, a journalist from the Daily Freeman happened by one morning, and here I am on the front page of that newspaper with my good friend Elizabeth Shafer (right). Elizabeth, a multitalented, multimedia artist extraordinaire.