New Wildlife Art Magazine Debuts!

I just found out this afternoon that Wildlife Art Journal is now up and running. Members of the Society of Animal Artists got a heads-up a few months ago and we were able to view a preview version, but the real thing is available now here. Todd Wilkinson, who many will remember from his excellent [...]

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No Electricity, No Problem?… And Plein Air Painting in 1930s Scotland

I may have found the perfect solution to safely heating water in a ger without a fire or electricity. Whoever designed this really backed up and asked themselves what problem they were trying to solve. And what they came up with was this:
This is obviously perfect for backpackers or anyone who might find themselves in [...]

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Re: Facebook TOS- VICTORY!

It took about 48 hours, but a pretty satisfactory response has come from Zuckerberg and company. This was posted on one of the Groups that formed to fight the change. The Facebook-formed Group mentioned below has almost 30,000 members as of 7am PST.
I do believe they’ve got it:
OFFICIAL RESPONSE FROM FB SPOKESPERSON BARRY SCHNITT:
Hi everyone,
First, [...]

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Any Artist Or Creative Person With A Facebook Page Needs to Read This

Facebook recently changed its Terms of Service (TOS) in a way which explicitly gives them unlimited, forever rights to whatever content you post there. Three Groups have formed so far to fight this.
Read more about it here
Regardless of the fact that we all might as well accept that anything we put up on the Internet [...]

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This Just In- America 2.0

Dear World:
We, the United States of America , your top quality supplier of the ideals of liberty and democracy, would like to apologize for our 2001-2008 interruption in service. The technical fault that led to this eight-year service outage has been located, and the software responsible was replaced November 4th. Early tests of the newly [...]

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YES WE CAN!

With hope in my heart, I’ll be watching the Inauguration of Barack Hussein Obama tomorrow morning (Pacific time). The  Dark Ages are over. It’s a new day. Finally, we can together, as “one nation, indivisible”, move forward into the 21st century.
Andrew Sullivan, among other journalistic endeavors, writes a wonderful blog for The Atlantic Monthly. Here [...]

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Bill Maher: “America can reboot.”

One of my favorite quotes from the whole election cycle tonight on Larry KIng when Maher was asked what the election meant for the country.
I’m thrilled that Obama won and so pleased and impressed by John McCain’s concession speech.That’s the McCain this life-long Democrat always respected.
We Did It.
And now the work begins.

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Exercise your right to VOTE!

I’ve been fortunate enough to travel to quite a few different countries. I’ve read a lot of history. And I can tell you with utter certainty that Americans are some of the luckiest people in the world and in history. Don’t take for granted your right to vote.
Eighteen year olds got the right to vote [...]

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Friday Features- FLASH!

JUST RECEIVED WORD-“Morning Break”, below, has been accepted into the Mendocino Art Center Animal Art exhibit!  It will be on view there in Mendocino, California from Sept. 3-27.

AND…if you live in central Humboldt County, tonight is the opening reception for Wild Visions 2, a group show of nationally recognized nature and wildlife artists, including yours [...]

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You may have noticed…

I’ve just changed the theme I’ve been using to one that allows RSS feeds. Let me know how it works. All these new ways of interconnecting things sometimes makes me want to just go get a glass of wine and sit by the pond.

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