04-16-13. A screwdriver from our garage.

04-15-13. "Man in the Moon - Tuscaloosa, AL", a 2008 photo by Samuel K. Collins.

04-14-13. Dust bunnies in our living room.

04-13-13. Dumpsters behind Napolese Pizzeria today.

04-12-13. "Argonauts with Wings", a 1963 painting by Ilija Basicevic Bosilj.

04-11-13. The Nautilus from Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas.

04-10-13. "Paint Torch", a 2010 sculpture by Claes Oldenburg in Philadelphia.

04-09-13. Space Ghost Coast to Coast.

SOLD - Spain Encounters the Incas (49)

Spain Encounters the Incas (49) - 24 x 24 in. Inca Kola original oil painting. For sale on Etsy.

Spain (represented by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe's Barcelona chair, which I drew on a small blank greeting card) encounters the Incas (represented by two cans of Inca Kola). I drank the Inca Kola after I finished the painting. It has a golden yellow color and it tastes sort of like bubble gum.

This painting stands for Catalan Brown, color #49 in Naomi Kuno's Colorscape book. Catalan is the language of Catalonia. Barcelona is the capital of Catalonia.

04-08-13. The last stamp in my wallet right now.

04-07-13. Maxwell is 9 months old today.

04-06-13. "Love Potion II", a 1999 painting by Liam Belton.

04-05-13. Nails at Target today.

04-04-13. Jack-o'-lantern mushrooms (Omphalotus olearius).

04-03-13. "Dodo with a Feather Hat", a 1911 painting by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner.

04-02-13. A seahorse mount in the Marine Worlds Carousel in Nantes, France.

04-01-13. A broken toy.

03-31-13. Nesting dolls made by Matt Ritchie.

03-30-13. Jimi Hendrix playing his electric guitar.

03-29-13. A baboon alebrije from Oaxaca, Mexico.

03-28-13. Untitled (The Mathematical Dream of Ashurbanipal), a sculpture made 2000-2009 by Cy Twombly.

03-27-13. "Dandelions", a 2011 painting by Allison Green.

Harvest Moon (398)

"Harvest Moon (398)", oil on canvas, 24x24". For sale on Etsy.

I was kind of taking a break with this painting. My brain has been a little fried, I can barely find time to sit and concentrate. So I went for a simpler subject this time. Just an owl and a moon and some plants.

03-26-13. A Mount Rushmore souvenir, made in Japan.

03-25-13. Our grass, covered with snow today. Yes, snow.

03-24-13. "Two-Way Mirror Curved Hedge Zig-Zag Labyrinth", a 1996 artwork by Dan Graham.

03-23-13. Man wearing a wolf pelt hat.

03-22-13. Burlap sacks in a 1969 artwork by Jannis Kounellis.

03-21-13. A desiccated old sponge from our kitchen sink.

03-20-13. "The Amoeba", a 1974 sculpture by Alexander Calder.

03-19-13. A typical YouTube peanut gallery.

03-18-13. A watering can that I saw today.

03-17-13. A starfruit that we bought at Meijer today.

03-16-13. A skeleton in a 2012 sculpture by Mark Dion.

03-15-13. A woman feeding stardust to a moon in a 1958 painting by Remedios Varo.

03-14-13. Used tea bag from the oolong tea I drank earlier today.

03-13-13. Phthiraptera. Lice are lousy.

03-12-13. Wink.

03-11-13. A leprechaun at my in-laws' house.

03-10-13. A singer reading cheats from his palm.

03-09-13. A turkey baster that I saw at Meijer.

03-08-13. Harold and me wearing sunglasses last November, with Maxwell.

03-07-13. Maxwell is 8 months old today.

03-06-13. Jennifer Rubell's chips and dip at the Brooklyn Museum in 2010.

03-05-13. A brooch made in 2010 by Bruce Metcalf.

03-04-13. "Prom Dress", a 2006 photo by Danielle Nelson Mourning.

Okavango Orthetrum (496)

"Okavango Orthetrum (496)", oil on canvas, 24x24". For sale on Etsy.

Dragonflies flit among the waterlilies in the Okavango Delta. The Okavango Delta is a large wetland area in Botswana, which is in southern central Africa. The delta is one of a few in the world which does not flow into a large body of water. 

The dragonflies in the painting are Julia skimmers, or Orthetrum julia. The one on the left is a yellowish female, and the other one is a blue male. Julia skimmer dragonflies are found in several parts of Africa, including the Okavango Delta.

(I'll admit that even I had a little trouble with the pronunciation of this title. It's oh-kuh-VAHN-go or-THEE-trum.)

03-03-13. The Gill twins and the Reed twins.

03-02-13. "Eames Canyon", a 2011 artwork by Bhakti Baxter.

03-01-13. My x-ray at the dentist yesterday.