Category: Gist of Art

I’ve been a professional landscape and wildlife artist and photographer for many years. I’ve also drawn comic strips for newspapers and create cover art for my books. Join me here where I share my favorites.

Ridgewood Chronicles Cover Art

July is always my busiest month of birthdays, graduation parties, celebrating the Fourth, and the lawnmowing, weed pulling, and other lawn and garden requirements it brings. All that busyness creates a productivity freefall in my art and writing projects, including this blog. So, while some of us are sad to see the month end, I … Continue reading Ridgewood Chronicles Cover Art

Recalling Louie and Bruce, Part 8

It’s March 1982 and winter is going full blast with no end in sight for the boys and me. Bowling season ended last month, so the boys hang out at the gym and shoot hoops. My wife and I consider moving closer to her job as soon as Old Man Winter gives us a break. … Continue reading Recalling Louie and Bruce, Part 8

Recalling Louie and Bruce, Part 7

It’s February 1982, the sawmill is still closed for the winter, and I want to take vacation from Louie and Bruce. My wife and I celebrate my 25th birthday on a cold day out, and I pine for springtime so I can get back into my softball uniform and take to the ballfields again. But … Continue reading Recalling Louie and Bruce, Part 7

Recalling Louie and Bruce, Part 6

It’s January 1982, the sawmill is still closed for winter, and the boys are on vacation. I stay busy making art, and I create Louie’s cat Barfield (a play on the popular syndicated cartoon cat’s name), an alley cat who’s half drifter and half standup comedian. Immediately, I begin sketching February’s strip. I spend a … Continue reading Recalling Louie and Bruce, Part 6

Love, Loss, and Remembering

I drew and painted a lot of whitetail deer art during the 1980s. Even when I became a college art student, much to the vexation of one of my professors who was stuck in Abstract Expressionism Art mode. I loved watching deer outside my windows, and I became a student of capturing every aspect of … Continue reading Love, Loss, and Remembering

Recalling Louie and Bruce, Part 5

The sawmill is closed for winter and December is promising lots of snow and cold temperatures. Christmas 1981 and my wife’s twentieth birthday are approaching fast. So is the deadline for the month’s Louie and Bruce strip. A friend asks me why there are no women in the strip, so I consider giving one of … Continue reading Recalling Louie and Bruce, Part 5

Recalling Louie and Bruce, Part 4

It’s November 1981 and the sawmill is shutting down for the winter. Out of work, I clear off my drawing desk and start a new Louie and Bruce strip. My evenings are spent bowling, and the weekends have me at the gym and shooting hoops and playing basketball with my friends. All this gives me … Continue reading Recalling Louie and Bruce, Part 4