My brother, Allan Gibbons, took this pastel sketch in a life drawing class in 1995 and gave it to our parents. It has passed through the houses of various family members over the years, and today it has made its way at last onto my not-black living room walls, where it looks wonderful, and joins several other Allan Gibbons originals--and some ( Read more... )

Sold the TV yesterday, just sold the surround-sound system today. This morning the Veterans came and picked up a porchload of books, DVDs, clothes, electronics, etc., etc., etc. and I was home at the time so I had to avert my eyes and bite my lip and consciously let it all go ( Read more... )

Turns out the color-meshing technique of wall painting is amazingly fast and easy.

Prep work is demanding because paint goes everywhere, and absolutely everything--floor, ceiling, trim, furniture--has to be masked and draped and taped off ( Read more... )

Ever since I went to the Rothko exhibit a couple of weeks ago at the Portland Art Museum, I've been obsessing over thinking about how to paint my living room walls in a Rothko-tribute style ( Read more... )