Mikafino

moving this project into paint

Smooth Sumac looking good on Halloween.

Three Graces study, charcoal and colored pencil.
Model is @maggmack.bsky.social

Three Graces study in charcoal and colored pencil

I finally made the pilgrimage to Storm King, and it was good.
Di Suvero, Lin, Goldsworthy, Grosvenor works in these photos.
10/10 wet autumn day.

People don’t quit jobs they quit bad mangers - finally understand that maxim, my goodness, it’s intolerable to have one’s life controlled by someone who lacks critical thinking skills.

I still think about this one

Red Maple leaf in front of an Andy Goldsworthy wall.

Hello from the other side.
Juniper has to be kept separate from our other cats because she is so territorial.

This is one of those sentences that you can put emphasis on different words and get a different meaning.

New drawings of @maggmack.bsky.social
#figuredrawing

1994 was a banner year for statistical clusters

A Red Tailed Hawk in the morning, a rat at the end, and a mockingbird commenting.
#oilpainting #natureismetal

Spinal landscape
I think about my vertebrae on hiking trips and always wanted to fit a spine in a big space.

Old Rag and Nicholson Hollow in Shenandoah.
#oilpainting

Telling the truth is good politics.

An evening walk on the beach gave some good weather. Incredible 360 clouds, sun, storms, and what looked like the gates to heaven.

I have a idea for a series of figurative paintings, and I started working through it. I commissioned @maggmack.bsky.social for a set of poses, and the first study is here, a figure at dawn.
#figurepainting #figurativeart #painter

I painted one of these guys for a commission, very curious creature.

I’ve started a new series of figure work. This is the first in progress.

A Blue Heron has been visiting my park in the morning, an enormous span of grace.

Best spam text yet

Indoor garden with many small trees

Indoor garden near window with many small trees

Tidied up the what-can-survive-indoors ongoing experiment.

call the bondulance

I haven’t done figure work in over a year. Looks like I can still draw.

Big Crow wants you to think it’s caw-caw everywhere.

Source of mirth: ID’ing my painting of a Red-tailed Hawk.

My coworkers are buzzin’ today