After writing the ground post, I was reminded of Julian Onderdonk’s work. He was a master of painting the ground, often studded with bluebonnets, cactus, and other wildflowers. His work is iconic of the Texan landscape (with bluebonnets being the official... See more
The Boomer Generation’s Greatest Mistake: Turning Money From a Tool Into a Goal $124 trillion is about to change hands over the next 25 years. So what? The financial industry is treating this as the opportunity of a generation. Every wealth manager in the... See more
My recent New Zealand, Autumn Colors painting is a great demonstration of painting fallen leaves and other ground matter. Let’s go a bit deeper on that topic. The ground plays an essential but understated role in almost all paintings, and especially lands... See more
Punk Rock Economics: Beating the System From Inside It At the end of the 1998 cult-classic film SLC Punk!, Stevo — green-haired, leather-jacketed, fully committed to the cause — cuts his hair, puts on a suit, and heads to Harvard Law School. In his final ... See more
I’ve got this painting to the stage where it’s almost done but doesn’t quite feel finished. The problem is, I’m not sure what else it needs. And I don’t want to just add paint and detail just for the sake of it. That’s a sure-fire way to overwork it. I wa... See more
