Welcome to a blog in which you will find examples of my work in two areas and comments on whatever topics come to mind.

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Coffee Pot


Oil on Canvas Sheet  7.5 x 10 ins (19 x 25 cm)

This coffee pot, bought at a garage sale -- known picturesquely in France as a 'Vide Grenier' or attic-emptying -- expressly to by used as a model, proved a challenge, which may be obvious.  I have not touched a paint brush or pallet knife for several months.
This was painted for Carol Marine's DPW challenge .

Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Soundings


SOUNDINGS: ISLAM, ISLAMISTS, AND US

This is a 24 page pamphlet, a compendium of facts and opinions bearing on the relationship of Western democratic values to  those of Islam and Islamism.  Readership restricted.