Animal portraits

Last year I took a couple of classes given online by Jennifer Gennari, an artist who does amazing precise animal paintings that at the same time manage to capture the liveliness of her subjects. I learned a great deal—especially to...

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Scotland II

I, along with my nephew's wife Ellen (with whom I met up whilst on Skye), had been intrigued by the depictions of the Hebrides in the Peter May detective trilogy. Since I also have always longed to see the stark...

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Scotland I

I managed to escape the terrible heat wave of 2022 by flying up to Scotland. I won't fill this post with commentary on the challenges of travel this summer; just acknowledging it here.The first thing I experienced was the prolonged...

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