Everything has Changed

late November, 2020 After 10+ years on the East Coast, I have moved back to Colorado. To the bottom of the state this time. To Trinidad, (no, not the island), a town of about 8,000, ten miles north of the New Mexico border. Midway between Denver and Santa Fe. Why? First, it’s Colorado, which I […]

Art Lover: Indah Swinging

This short video is an edited GoPro time-lapse shot as I painted INDAH DUSTED this last summer. I met Indah in 2015 and again in 2016 at the Houston Zoo. She was eleven then, breeding age. Since all her fellow orangutans in Houston were Bornean, Indah moved to Sacramento where she will hopefully find a […]

Revisiting

Last month, for the first time ever, I revisited animals I’d met in 2014, some of whom I’d already painted. “Things change” is one lesson learned. These animals live in communities. Things are dynamic. Life happens for them too. Michael was my favorite gorilla in 2014. Belonging to the bachelor troop of three at the Houston Zoo, […]