One day as I was on my way home, I noticed some goats grazing alongside the hill. Apparently, they were hired guns to help eat the unwanted greenery in a environmentally friendly way. I had never seen anything like it before. I had to be careful to not get to entranced by the goats to avoid getting electrically shocked by the fence.
This is Bob. Bob is a goat. He is the byproduct of my walk home…….Bob’s a friendly guy.
I submitted this piece for a gnomon competition and won. Yay! There were many talented artist that had participated and I feel really fortunate for winning the first prize, 40 Gnomon Workshop DVD’s. Special thanks goes out to Alex Alvarez, Gnomon Workshop and those at the organization for making this competition possible. The link for competition results can be found at the following location:
May Gnomon Workshop Competition
Since Moving to Seattle, I have been going on walks around the neighboorhood. These exteriors are some residences that can be found near my house on my route towards the park. It makes for a great opportunity to bust out some quick studies of light at different times of day. The studies were 30 minute speed paintings to observe color.
The interior is the inside of my friend Charlie’s dwelling, where many good meals and much laughter has been experienced. It was done as a sort of thank you for his hospitality.
This may sound strange, but this is my first attempt at blogging. Well, okay, not quite the first time, but this is my first legitamate attempt at creating and maintaining some forum for expressing my thoughts, works and experiences. I am excited to embark on this journey and look forward to publishing interesting observations of many kinds.
The following are some examples of ways that I have been keeping busy and some strange events that are going on around me. I have just moved to Seattle, where I am really enjoying the people, the air, and dare I say, the weather.
This is a sketchup model of the interior of the house I am living in Seattle. It is an English Tudor house over 100 years old and is approximately 1400 sq./ft. I built a Sketchup model that is built to the scale of the house and my furniture. Moving is a lot of work, so I made this model to save my girlfriend and I some energy through previewing different furniture scenarios before expending the efforts to physically move them ourselves. Be it laziness, or ingenuity, I am not sure. I will let you decide.
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