This Is Where I Draw the Line 2026. Oil on paper, 18 x 24" I read a quote in my chair right before painting this one (I paraphrase): The drawing of a person is obviously not a person. The drawing

Here I am this morning reading my essay “How to Price a Painting” published in The Pleasure at Being the Cause. There is a fair way to price work for those interested in making art pay. I am a Free Art

Fred and Linda Meet in a Cruel Galaxy 2026. Oil and acrylic on canvas, 64 x 64" We did it! The greatest couple painters on a street in any universe. Six wonderful master and missus pieces about space,

In our Black Ivory podcast, Edgeworth @jompiy lightly admonished me for not taking enough video of my changing studio. I get it, and from now on, will do walk throughs more regularly. Here it is on Thursday,

Clear sound and video. This is a good one. Black Ivory id @jompiy (Edgeworth Johnstone), Emma Pugmire, and me. Some things we talked about: • Rice, fish and spinach! • KlingEx Crypto trading site, a place

This! 2026. Oil on paper, 18 x 24" Some more paintings keeping me grounded in explosive spring. Tomorrow I’ll finish the big piece upstairs. During break time, I met a new next door neighbor. I was

A Left-handed Breeze Painting the Wind Right-handed 2026. Oil on paper, 18 x 24" I am enjoying the routine of these paintings. Strong 18 x 24" paper. I’ll do a couple hundred before long. I mentioned

If You Have Money to Burn, I Have a Match 2026. Oil on paper, 18 x 24" The last four oils of the week before I take a break and work with Rose to finish our last large painting together. Crazy days

These Colors Seem to Go Well Together Meet in My Yard With a Pitchfork 2026. Oil on paper, 18 x 24" It feels like I’m moving in several directions at once. Usually this stops me in my tracks in

Made these today thinking on my mother’s memory loss. Not much to say about it. It sucks and is sad. All paintings oil on paper, 18 x 24"

This Elemental and Primeval Masterpiece for $100, or Free in Exchange for a Two-minute Video Interview 2026. Oil on loose canvas, 21 x 23" This week I came up with another idea to acquire video interview

Members of Black Ivory, Edgeworth (@jompiy), Emma, and Me 2026. Acrylic on canvas pinned to cardboard, (3) 6 x 6" Returned Sunday from several days in sunny South Carolina. I could have used a holiday,

Friends Getting Dead 2026. Acrylic on canvas, 64 x 64" We have finished our fifth collaboration painting while a Saint Patrick’s Day blizzard blows away happy thoughts of spring. Oswego is a hard

“Olga the Painter Lives in Saint Petersburg” 2026. Acrylic. I made a zine (thank you for the lesson @jompy) for a painter friend in Russia. Over the past decade we have made each other birthday paintings.

Part II of my trip last Friday to the local university to give away my paintings and books. Click on the photo for exclusive Blurt.media video! In order for Free Art Frees Art to be a success, it must

Click for video It’s been a long, harsh winter. Time for a comfort zone realignment. I brought a load of paintings over to the local university and set up an exhibition of free art. I knew I couldn’t outdo

Conformity Noise 2022. Acrylic on canvas, 72 x 53" Being a rural artist amassing a barn full of paintings to peddle to sympathetic birds and bees has been an exasperating career thus far. I’ve exhausted

William Tecumseh Sherman’s Army Field Manual 2010. Acrylic on wood panels, 26 x 72" In the United States, the Revenue Act of 1861 established the first income tax (a flat one) to pay for the Civil

Punky Suidae Party by Ron and Rose . 2026. Oil on canvas, 64 x 64" Oh I love the smell of oil paints in the afternoon! Rose and I finished this beauty last night, our fourth collaboration since December.

Two Titles: Trump Will Be Reading From His Notes and/or The State of the Genocidal, Child-raping, Paramilitary, Hockey Union Address 2026. Acrylic on paper, 18 x 24" I like to paint and simultaneously