Picture of the Week #4

 

Artists often set aside paintings in progress for a variety of reasons. Perhaps other commissions got in the way, the subject of a portrait might have died, or the artist didn’t have the technical skill to finish it. I was heavily under the influence of Rembrandt when I began this painting of fantasy characters in 1985. I recently found it in my garage and decided the time had come for me to finish it. Check out the final painting (here).

The Cement Boat

As a kid, I always hoped I'd catch a marlin when we fished off the old Cement Boat near Santa Cruz, California. I never did, but one day I caught more than I bargained for. Read about it (here).

The Waltzing Bandit

 

“The Waltzing Bandit? That’s a stupid name for a crook. Did he really steal gold or did he dance for it?”

My best friend Ricky Delgado had a point. It was a stupid name. My mother, the history buff, had been the one to tell me about this Waltzing Bandit.

      

“She just made it up to send us on a wild goose chase,” Ricky replied, “to get us out of her hair.”

Is that what my mother had done, or was she telling us the truth? Read about it (here).