Well.....what an interesting morning this has been...sorta like that old early Clint Eastwood movie..." The Good, The Bad and the Ugly"..

The Good: It seems one of my paintings may very well be used as the cover for the November issue of Galveston Monthly.

The Bad: Again I had a dead battery when I went to start my car this morning.

The Ugly: I had to do a system restore on my laptop before I could get going.

Now that that is all out of the way, I could actually get some hopefully meaningful work accomplished. I have three large and one smaller canvasses and linens to which I am applying two coats of oil based titanium primer. Years ago, I used rabbit skin glue and white lead. Now I am on a "save the rabbits kick" and don't want to create anymore respiratory problems by using white lead. Besides, it is so damn difficult to find and purchase. Space for doing things like this is at a premium in my studio/gallery...so I took it outside to the courtyard to dry, to make room on the work table to prime another.

 

At this time of day, at this time of year...the courtyard is too hot for man or beast...but hopefully just right for drying canvasses. I guess I shall find out.

 

So, I guess I should get back to slinging a brush on the painting on the easel.

 

Catch you later.