In April, 2001, I went to Wilton, Connecticut, for an artist’s residency at Weir Farm National Historic Site. The farm was the weekend home of American Impressionist, Julian Alden Weir, and is the only National Historic Site dedicated to an American artist. It is also Connecticut’s only national park and has been continuously used by artists since 1882. Against the Window by Julian Alden Weir - 1884 You may not have heard of J. Alden Weir (I hadn't either at the time), but he was one of the first American Impressionists. Oh, yes, we had them here, too. With friend, Childe Hassam, Weir founded the influential Ten American Painters, Ten American Painters (not in order) Childe Hassam, J. Ald
Herewith are cat-themed greeting cards I produced to sell at my friend Chris Unruh's shop, MakersConnect, in East Dallas. It's a super fun place to learn how to make stuff or to visit and see inventive, locally-crafted creations before they're knocked off overseas. Chris writes an excellent blog, as well. MakersConnect 10242 E. Northwest Highway, Dallas, TX 75238 972-803-8890 Email: Makersconnect@gmail.com Hours: Tuesday – Saturday, 11:00am – 7:00pm / Closed Sunday & Monday "We are a brick and mortar store location at the South East corner of E. Northwest Highway and Easton in Lake Plaza shopping center, specializing in representing the crafts and arts of local Dallas residents and spre
Whether she's simply wonderful, from hell, alive or dead, everyone has had one: a mother. Oh, sure, we've all known a few sorts who were more likely concocted in a bathtub or spawned by a something with scales, but, come on, it's Mother's Day, when all our mothers are great and we are all great kids, so stop blaming her for all your problems. Let's blame dad instead. Herewith, are some drawings of a few noteworthy mother-types in recognition of all the noteworthy mother-types past, present, factional or fictional. These are some of the nicer ones--no infanticidal maniacs, mutiple-birth addicts, pageant moms, or anyone obsessed with their own celebrity or the use of wooden coat hangers. (..
Tim Brys, father of the most recently famous five-year-old fossil hunter, Wylie, is a close personal friend of mine. You see, Tim likes old, dried-up, dusty, sedentary things. And he likes fossils, too. A few weeks ago, you couldn't escape (and believe me, I tried) all the dozens of news stories about the father and son who went digging around in the dirt behind a construction site and found what could turn out to be a new species of dinosaur. Wylie found the fossil way back when he was four years old, about 8 months ago. It took that long to secure permits to move the find to Southern Methodist University, where it could be analyzed by their paleontology department. Read one of the stor
