I have had some comments and questions on Facebook about my Paris photo. Specifically, who is Brigitte? Hint: French actress.
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My Paintings are for Rent!
I have 4 travel sketches at the Landstuhl Public Library. It’s part of their Artothek program. Artwork can be checked out, just like books, but there is a fee and some other restrictions. I like the program because it’s a way to get original artwork into more people’s homes, even if only for a short time.
Sorry to my friends living elsewhere. We’ll have to create an Artothek-like program where you are living!
My page:
http://www.artothek.landstuhl.de/projekt01/index.php?idcatside=2252
Landstuhl Public Library Artothek Program:
Hauptstrasse 3a
66849 Landstuhl, DE
in the Bürgerhaus [Community Center]
http://www.artothek.landstuhl.de/projekt01/
Paris – C’est si bon
Just returned from a week in Paris. What can I say? It has a certain, I don’t know what.
Just to prove I was there, I had Brigitte snap a photo of me with a few of our friends.
Artist recovers from wine-induced coma, learns why he draws only certain things
“I draw and paint things I like to look at.”
Did you ever overlook the obvious?
Car repair. I almost blew my lid, literaly. The roof latch mechanism on my convertible is giving me problems. It won’t stay latched. But I’m a smart guy, I can figure it out, it’s just a simple clamp. How difficult can it be?
Fortunately, the weather has been good, so I’ve driving with my top down. But the rain in southern Germany won’t stay away for long, so when I got home today I decided to fiddle with the mechanism. The right (broken) one seemed to work the same as the left one, and there were no screws on the mechanism to adjust or that were obviously loose. Hmmm.
Puzzled, I sat in the car with the roof closed and, for lack of anything else to do, I tried to wiggle each mechanism. The broken side had a barely noticeable wiggle, but the unbroken side was solid as a rock! I opened the roof and saw that the 3 big screws that fixed the good left-side mechanism to the roof were tight. Then I looked at the broken side and … there were only 2 screws! One screw was entirely missing.
Once I noticed the missing screw, the problem was obvious. I must have missed it because I was focused on the latch mechanism and not on how the latch was attached to the roof.
Another problem solved by dumb luck. This is a good example of what psychologists call mindset or framing.
Today’s castle – Burg Nanstein
I set out to draw Nanstein Castle in Landstuhl, Germany today. It seems like all I paint these days are churches and castles. Don’t ask me why. According to what I read, most of the castle residents were less than reputible folks and the “kights in shining armour” were their enforcers.
But luck was with me today… I got a set in the shade for the first drawing; it was a very sunny day. The second view came from my seat at the little cafe in front of the castle, where I was eating lunch. It was quite a good lunch, too. They served traditional German food.
Interior – Rhinestein Castle
Rhine River Castle – Berg Rhinestein
I captured this image as my Rhine River cruise floated past the castle.