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Isn't it crazy?  I'm learning how to can whole tomatoes.  I still don't understand why it's called "canning" ...

"Snake Nest (tentative title)." 12 X 12, gouache on paper, 2012.

I love it when my friends travel, see a smashed penny machine, and KNOW that I would appreciate the gift.  So, a big thanks to V. Farmer...

My cement gorilla is master of the garden. He's very zen. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrmUqqFJ3zc I'm not sure what t...

Someone enlighten me.  I have no idea what this is.  It's an antique but that's as far as I've gotten. The coke bottle wa...

I was able to work on my painting for several hours and I think it's coming along pretty nicely. 

"Snake Nest" 13X13, windsor and newton gouache, 2012. I'm trying to work in a smaller format and it's extremely challe...

The elephant has been tagged.  Courtesy of Mustard Sucks, 2012. Stay classy, Iowa.

No birds were harmed in the making of this photo. While I was taking pictures of flowers, Mudd managed to slip away from me.  When I fou...

Tree frogs.  You hear them but rarely see them.  I got lucky the other day and came across two. 

Sketch on Bristol paper. the first sketch of the idea . Every painting begins with some rough sketches.

"Chupacabra, MahaskaCounty"  22X30. Windsor and Newton Gouache. 2012 Here's another painting that I've been working on...

 13 X 24. Windsor and Newton Gouache. 2012. detail detail Well, Well.  What do we have here?  I finally hunkered down, strappe...

Best Friends! Bonsai Marigold and pepper leaf. I stepped on glass about a month ago.  Its still in my foot and a hearty and painful...

I'll admit it, I'm obsessed.  For the past few weeks I've been walking to the train tracks with one thing in mind...wasting mo...

Isn't this the most perfect nest you've ever seen? I'm pretty sure these guys are baby grackles.  Don't worry though, no...

A few weeks ago, I won the regional Iowa Artists competition.  It was pretty great to receive recognition and win an adorable, tiny, blu...

A bird point I was lucky enough to find. A Madison Triangle, 2 broken Madison triangles, and a nice broken piece of pottery. A th...

I've been diligently working on a new painting.  I'm happy with the colors, composition, content, etc, etc, etc In 2009, I rece...

I was walking though a field the other day and found this little, chewed up beauty.  It was partially buried in the dirt and a lot of it h...

can you see the worm he's about to eat? An obnoxious and prickly bush was recently cut down and abolished from the garden.  Along...

Want some wholesome/dangerous fun.  Here's the rules. Find a rural train track. If you are in the city/suburbs and the track ha...

 I'm finding a lot of peace in my garden.  All of the colors fill me with an automatic calm.  I suppose you could compare my garden to...

Alrighty, this is probably the oddest blog contests I've ever heard of but here it goes.  I found these hip bones in a field a week ag...

not the greatest photo but i took it.  all will be explained. Alright, so it was raining pretty bad the other day.  I enjoy watching the...

I did a lot of fishing on Saturday.  This strikes me as odd because three years ago I would have never agreed to do so.  Not because I ...

handsome llama #1. handsome llama #2. I was driving around and happened upon these "handsome" Llamas.I don't have much...

My good buddy, Big T, just got back from a school trip.  Where were they? Minneapolis.  Damn, I love that city.  And since T's a goo...

There is a pile of elm wood on the side of the garage.  It's good to have a stockpile of wood.  Its even better when your stockpile...

I'm not a health nut but have been trying monitor my less then admirable qualities.  I've quit smoking and after a rage filled mon...

I feel like to only time I'm inspired to write short narratives is when something has gone terribly wrong.  Of course this isn't alw...

Hooray!  I received a first place in the 2012 Iowa Area Artists Show.  Now I move on to state!