Some of you who follow my Instagram account -- may have already seen it. I finished the painting of a fellow headed out on Ross Lake to a trailhead for a day hike.   It is about 12"  x 12 ".  Although I am still have back pain -- I have been getting out to [...]

I had an operation to remove part of a thoracic disc in late November.  I thought that would do it but unfortunately I now have tighten muscles around the area making it painful to get in and out of bed and cars  :(.  I have started acupuncture and massage and this week in addition -- [...]

I haven't done much painting in the last few months as I have a " slipped disc " in my midback that will require surgery in Seattle.  The pain prevents me from bending over for a long periods of time.  So to compensate I have carved 2 birds --@  life sized.  One is a black [...]

I would like to get a one-man show of some of my work at an art museum.  Since I don't sell any of it -- galleries would not be interested.  So I composed a photobook and will have copies made that I can send out.  It runs about 30 pages.  Maybe someone will take [...]

Here is a preliminary sketch of a large ( ~  20 x 30  " ) painting I hope to start soon.  it is a boat on Ross Lake seen from above.....

Check under the Paintings tab for Katabatica - South Georgia 2 & 3 and the other one is under Katabatica - Global Warming Yahoo ! bruce

The paintings / homing pigeons from South Georgia Island have not shown up yet........probably on a boat somewhere on a big ocean. I have three new pigeons flying though--- My friend Rick is taking one from the country of Cosmos celebrating the upcoming total solar ellipse.  He is flying to Dallas in hopes of [...]

It is now getting later in March and none of the pigeons from South Georgia have shown up.  Not worried though -- it takes a long time from down there -- I am not even sure how they get mail out. Had a nice vacation to Palm Strings, San Diego and Phoenix.  Lots of sun [...]

A friend of mine who has been very gracious to take pigeons for me many times in the past is now off to South Georgia Island and Antarctica.  She has 3 with her -- pre stamped for South Georgia so I am hoping she gets off the boat at Grytviken to mail them back... [...]

Summer turned out to be way busier than I thought.  So it was nice to get back in the lookout / studio this morning and do a bit of painting: