071008 I have rekindled the manner of the first robot drawings. Strong color combined with strong lighting makes a pleasant graphic work.

070917 The robot is finishing a piece every week. It takes a day or two to set it up and then the rest of the week to complete it. I am trying to use the basic colors of a distill image to achieve the best results from the limited 8 colors of the robot, red, yellow, black, white, violet, turquoise, blue and green. I started working on Drew’s portrait. I painted five en plein air works so far in September. My transparent impressionist technique is different and charming.

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The robot is finally working on it debut masterpiece. All the kinks have been worked out and now it runs though the ten hours it takes to produce a 16” x 20” painting in sections of time in the studio. Getting preliminary approval for a City of Cincinnati Individual Art Grant has strengthened my drive to surmount all obstacles.

070424 Finally I am back painting Drew's portrait. I have been going out and working on the background while bringing along Drew's seersucker suit on the mannequin I have. Eventually I will complete the background and go on to the suit. The weather has been perfect. I have been studying the canal that used to go along the west and north side of Clifton. I'll be painting views of the city with the canal back in soon. The robot has made leaps and bounds and soon will be completing a 16” x 20” painting with 1500 dots of color taking 10 hours. The machine is a lot like a man working at a lathe. I was talking to a downtown resident the other day and he was going on about how the bums come right up to you and that your car is not safe and I got to thinking that this sounds just like New York City where I lived for twenty years. Even if you lived on the upper west side you always have to lock your car, say no to the beggars and keep within arms distance from your children. I do not think you should expect anything different in downtown Cincinnati.It’s hard to believe that somebody is really different than another. If one person is a star there may be another person you know who is like them but not a star. I always enjoy my friends who act like stars but do not have the credentials. One persons work is just as great as another’s if you enjoy it no matter who they are or how famous they are. If you see art and like it then great. The art caught by the famous curators and gallery dealers is no better than the art you catch. The artist and curators job is to invite you.

070312 There will come a time when Al Gore will be considered a Prophet. Think back to the time of Christ, the world was going through big changes. In many ways it was scientific revolution. Well in the future, when the planet has undergone major changes because of man a new rule will be declared. Not just treat your fellow man as you would yourself but leave the planet better than you found it. At that time the calendar will be rolled back to one and a new era will declared.