Portrait of Jimm

Interesting that the famous artist Les Biller was willing to try a portrait of Jimm in oil paint on canvas. We had six sessions of Jimm modeling for both of us. We were at Les’s studio with his full set up for oil painting and I brought watercolors for portability, like the gear I bring …

Underwater World

Oil paints, yum. I hardly use them, but when I do, they resonate with so much history for me. I became allergic to the solvents some time in Graduate School at UT, Austin School of Art. Maybe I was practically bathing in turpentine and my nails started to have black stalagmites streaks dipping into them …