wagners idee

At the risk of upsetting a friend of mine who loves Wagner, I submit this excerpt from "Lives of the Artists":

Also, I take no responsibility for having gotten the birthdate of the Leitmotiv right or wrong...

I blame my subconscious (for this whole thing, actually).

:)

potential

anticipating snow

very much so

another cup

My friend Marla is a potter. She gave me this beautiful little cup.

Here it is, in situ.

(by the way, I got up to adjust something very, very small in this drawing and promptly sat on a glass I'd perched on my chair. The glass fell on the floor and broke. This must be good luck, right?)

san anselmo

The sketch blog is in my hometown these 2 weeks. It is pretty incredible to see this beautifully familiar place through so many other people's eyes. 

Here are my contributions: 

My house, the house I grew up in:

The view down my street:

My version of a picture that appeared in the local newspaper after the big flood of 1982:

And, as an introduction, town hall, and San Anselmo Avenue: 

mt tamalpais

(from memory)