polk county history museum

polk county history museum

in an effort to get to know my new surroundings i volunteer at the polk county history museum. there i found, hidden in the back store room a leather bound photo album from the mid 1800s. reminding me of the velvet photo album. i could not help but wonder, who this...
we thought we would live in ireland

we thought we would live in ireland

it’s been a year since i have posted and a lot has happened. we sold our house in phoenix, planned on living in ireland, that did not work out, we came back to the states, lived in denver with my daughter for a few months and traveled across the country twice...
brushes

brushes

experimenting with different brushes in procreate to create these “fragment paintings”. starting with a canvas of 4000 px square, i bring in a photo, add a layer and paint on some color, then close the photo layer. this used the wet acrylic brush…....
“on the block”

“on the block”

anthony sylvestry, joey manopella, veto montalto, michael marachia,  … these were some boys on the block back in the early 1960s.  not sure if i am spelling their names correctly, i hung out with veto (and his sister vita) more that the other boys, they were a...