Category Archives: Weather

Sketch of the Day: Rainy, with a twist of sun

Posted on September 30, 2014 by
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Sketch of the Day: Shorebirds at Ølsemagle (oolseh-mowel) Revle

Posted on September 19, 2014 by

There’s this wonderful long barrier island along Køge Bay, south of Copenhagen, a bird sanctuary called Olsemagle Revle, with marshes and beautiful white sand beaches that go on for miles. I’ve gone there twice now, once with the Danish Ornithological Society … Continue reading →

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Why I’m Glad I’m Not Painting Polar Bears

Posted on February 7, 2014 by

Are you staying warm? No? Me neither. It’s freezing, hasn’t gotten above 25 degrees F in more than a week, hovers mostly around 10, not counting sub-zero wind chill. It snows  just enough to close the public schools every few … Continue reading →

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Friday Figures- Street Sketches Benefit Tornado Victims

Posted on June 28, 2013 by

It was all very last minute (the phone call at 9:30, sketching in OKC by 11) but I was grateful to be part of the fundraiser for tornado relief last Monday. The twisters that devastated Moore and surrounding communities in … Continue reading →

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We are okay here in Norman

Posted on May 20, 2013 by

And thinking tonight of folks just up the road from us, dealing with the appalling aftermath of the tornado that cut through the heart of their city this afternoon. If you can help, please follow this link to the American … Continue reading →

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Friday Figures- How to paint a tornado

Posted on May 10, 2013 by

Making art from destruction is a good exercise in catharsis. People do it everyday. The form it takes depends on the physical or emotional or even metaphorical destruction involved. Sometimes all three parts get whipped up together in a single … Continue reading →

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New Orleans Gumbo Report

Posted on April 30, 2013 by

On Magazine Street over margaritas and sherry-soaked scallop tacos, a New Orleans friend put it this way: “we are drinking people with a parading problem”. He was talking about his relatively local wheelbarrow parade, but he might have meant the … Continue reading →

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