May 2014 in the Buddha eyes book

Collage, paint


Whiteout, watercolor


Whiteout, watercolor

On the Waterfront with Dagmar (Bleiminium)

Black uniball, watercolor, lead

Count Zero

Things that I count:

• Count 6 while filling up kettle for coffee.
• Count 9 while filling work glass from water cooler. I do this with my back turned. Nope, don't need to look, I've never overflowed. This is my version of macho posturing.
• Shake off hands 12 times before drying them.
• Count 13 while re-setting modem.
• Count how many times I have to push the button before the garage door opens (usually 2).
• Same for the number of times I have to press "6" to get an outside phone line at the clinic.
• How many tries does it take before clothes dryer will accept my coins? Used to be 3, then it was a large indeterminate number, then I WD-40'd the mechanism, and now it's 1. I always wondered, what in the mechanism was counting to 3? I mean, 1 is simple, push it in and the coins drop. 2 is trivial -- first attempt aligns coins, then on the second, in they go. But 3? How did that work?

Things that I don't count:

• I have no idea how many times I have to pump to get my tires up to 80psi.
• Calories, points or carbs.
• I try to remember to count my blessings, but sometimes I forget.

Turquoise and Paynes Grey

Composition with Dotted Circle

9” X 11”

acrylic, white-out, chalk on 3M 110N GARNET Paper A wt. Open Coat 180

Ray’s Younger Brother? Cousin?

New Branch on the Smuckles Family Tree?

#Achewood #FanArt

Silver Photons

8" x 10"

acrylic & watercolor on 3M 413Q 220 Wetordry Paper A wt