08-31-14. Our baby nail clippers.

08-30-14. Inchworm (Geometridae moth caterpillar) on my hand in July 2013.

08-29-14. A Holocene (10,000 years ago to present) bone harpoon from the Turkana Basin in Kenya.

08-28-14. One of Harold's neckties. He rarely wears any of them.

08-27-14. The pineapple Fruttare popsicle that I ate yesterday.

08-26-14. Detail of Sandy Skoglund's 1999 jelly bean sculpture, "Shimmering Madness".

08-25-14. Suspenders.

08-24-14. Harold wearing his bowling shoes on his 40th birthday, March 2014.

08-23-14. Fudge sundae that I ate today at BRICS in Indianapolis.

08-22-14. Tangled ribbons.

08-21-14. IZ.

08-20-14. The Moon Temple, an art installation in Bristol, England.

08-19-14. "Spilled Guts", a 1999 painting by Nicola Tyson.

08-18-14. Lollipops.

08-17-14. Beans and corn bread.

08-16-14. Art from "Spells, Spoils & Lucky Charms", a 2010 show of art by Echo Eggebrecht.

08-15-14. Baby Maxwell in his swimsuit last year.

08-14-14. A trapdoor spider showing its fangs.

08-13-14. Maxwell's toy dragon. Formerly Harold's, so at least 30 years old.

08-12-14. Tangled ribbons.

Echo (306)

"Echo (306)", oil on canvas, 24x24". For sale on Etsy.

This is a contemporary take on the story of Echo and Narcissus. The young woman embodies both characters of the tragic tale. As Echo, she is trying to impress others with her fancy dress. As Narcissus, she is admiring herself by taking a "selfie" photo with her smartphone. The source for the painting was a photo I found online of a young woman in Singapore trying on a dress. She took the "selfie" to share on her blog. I never did dig deep enough to see her whole face or find out anything else about her. I included the vase of narcissus flowers to clarify the overall theme of the painting. As usual, I was attempting to connect two randomly selected topics: one, Echo, and two, Malaysia & Singapore. 

This painting represents Echo Blue, a blue hue that is color #306 in Naomi Kuno's Colorscape book.

08-11-14. Pumped-up kicks.

08-10-14. Selected scenes from Indy Hula's 2014 Annual Luau & Ho'ike.

08-09-14. Taking it easy tonight. Luau sketches coming tomorrow.

08-08-14. Nude string quartet on Monty Python.

08-07-14. Maxwell, age 2 years + 1 month.

08-06-14. Another awful compound fracture x-ray.

08-05-14. Happy man in quicksand on the Skeleton Coast in Namibia.

08-04-14. Regenerating comet star (Linckia multiflora).

08-03-14. "Black Solar System (Frank Gehry Sun)", a mixed media artwork by Greg Colson.

08-02-14. Lilly Pulitzer shrimp cocktail print fabric.

08-01-14. "Picnic with Green Bottles", a 1969 ceramic artwork by Gathie Falk.

07-31-14. A hanger from one of our closets.