Sita Sings the Blues

This is an absolutely brilliant indie film by Nina Paley free for the watching at
http://www.thirteen.org/sites/reel13/blog/watch-sita-sings-the-blues-online/
The color and design is beautifully done and the animation is a delight with music by Annette Hanshaw who was a blues singer from the 1920's. This is a must see.

Little Orange

Here's a little navel orange from our dwarf orange tree in the back yard.
It tasted as good as it looks.
5"x7" oil on canvas panel

Birthday Bouquet

Our son sent his mom a pretty little bouquet for her birthday and I couldn't resist painting it.

5"x7" still life in oil
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A Boy And His Dog

LUNCH TIME
I think I enjoy drawing cartoons just for the pure fun of it. Nothing serious or controversial to say, just something to smile about. This my first attempt at gouache which is an opaque watercolor, mainly used by illustration artists. SOLD

Santa Claus

The poem "The Night Before Christmas" was first published in The Troy Centinal, a New York newspaper, in 1823. It was written by Clement Clark Moore and was celebrated in his time as the father of Santa Claus. In an 1859 reprint of the poem the famed cartoonist Thomas Nast drew this, the first likeness of Santa. In 1934 the illustrator Haddon Sumblom painted the modern version that we all know for a Coca Cola ad campaign.
Merry Christmas

MERRY CHRISTMAS

Saint Nicholas or Santa Claus as we know him was Haogious Nikolaos of Bari. He was a Christian Bishop of Lydia, now modern Turkey. Scholars can’t even agree if he ever lived, but people have celebrated the goodness of St. Nicholas since the late 300s.
This is a drawing from a coloring book I did a couple of years ago.

Happy Birthday Ludwig

DUM DUM DUM DUMMMMM!!
DUM DUM DUM DUMMMMM.......
Ludwig Von Beethoven born December 16, 1770
Happy birthday Ludwig.
Portrait by Joseph Karl Stieler 1820