$8 Parking

Here's a quick one done with the palette knife.

"$8 Parking"
5" x 7", oil on canvas panel, palette knife

Quick Self Portrait & my 500th post!

Wow! Can't believe this is post number 500 for this blog. One of these days I'll start adding something helpful. :)

Here's a quick 1 hour self portrait I did. 9" x 12", oil

Canadian TV Interview

Had the pleasure of being interviewed on the CBC show Connect with Mark Kelley tonight. Talking about my project I call the Virtual Paintout. I'm adding a link. Slide the bar over to about the 49 minute mark. The interview last for about 5 minutes.

Pretty exciting. Wonder how many folks watch the show?

http://www.cbc.ca/video/#/News/TV_Shows/Connect_with_Mark_Kelley/ID=1575655417

Rochester, KY Church

22" x 28", oil on linen panel

Renox Meadow

A quick post of my latest. I'll replace this with a better pic when I get time.

Renox Meadow
16" x 20", oil on linen

11th and Park, Bowling Green

11th and Park, Bowling Green
5" x 7", oil, palette knife

Rock City

Here's a quick 45 minute painting done with knife and a little finger work. And no, it's not Rock City outside of Chattanooga... it's Detroit.

Rock City, 5" x 7", oil, palette knife

Closed

Closed, 5x 7, oil, palette knife

Dorchester Parking

5" x 7", oil, palette knife

Yellow Scarf

9" x 12", oil

Bean

Bean, 15" x 20", charcoal

Charles

Approximately 15" x 20", charcoal

Like studying your Blog Stats? You've gotta check this out... Woopra

I've just found the best blog and website statistics program I've seen yet. It's called Woopra. Installing on a Blogger site is easy. Use the Add a Gadget tab then the HTML/Javascript tab, paste in the code from the website, download the Dashboard to your computer, and you're finished.

You can use the code on as many blogs or websites as you want. The interface has tabs across the top to switch between sites/stats for easy navigation. The information is incredible. As an example, on the Virtual Paintout blog today I can see the individual pages people enter through, the search words used and the search engines used, the countries visited from (today's are USA, France, UK, New Zealand, India, Canada, Romania, Netherlands, and 7 other countries, respectively).

With my live visitors I have right now, I can see location, IP, Browser, Resolution. Along with how many times they have visited and their duration. I could also click the "Chat Now" button and whatever I type would pop up on their screen as long as they are on my site, and it doesn't matter what browser they are using. I think it might freak me out if it happened to me, but I can see how it would be useful in a sales situation to let them know you are there if they have any questions. Maybe. I can also see that the top cities today are Vancouver, Stevens Point, New York and 141 other cities.

These are only a few of the stats available. Check it out. Blows most others away.

Johnny and His Bike

Not sure if this one is finished or not. I'll look at it a day or so and see if I can figure it out. Pardon the poor photograph, it's large and difficult to shoot well.

Johnny and His Bike
40" x 30", oil on stretched canvas

Huts

Here's a quick sketch.

Huts, 9" x 12", oil

Johnny Newby

Here's Johnny. When I went to his shop he was changing the oil on his Harley. He told me that bike has over 200,000 miles on it. If you've never met him, you should. A little eccentric, and very intelligent. He wears the cap all the time, hardly ever see him without it.

Approximately 20" x 15", charcoal on distressed Canford Dread Gray paper.

Riley Guffey

Here's one of my grandfather, Riley Guffey. From a photograph taken about 19 years ago.

About 19" x 13", charcoal on Canson Mi-Teintes Sand colored paper

Dooley

Need a yard mowed? Tree trimmed? Dooley's your man.

20" x 15", charcoal

Herman

I talked with Herman a little today, and asked if I could take his picture. He knows me, but doesn't know my name. He drinks a lot, and can usually be found sitting on a bench on the shady side of the courthouse in the middle of our small town. Of course, the shade changes as the day progesses, so Herman moves around a little. He can also be seen walking through town and across the bridge over the Cumberland River, carrying his .22 rifle. Does some rabbit and squirrel hunting.

I showed him the digital pic on my camera, and he said, "There's Ol' Dad!" I think he'll get a kick out the drawing.

Herman, 15" x 20", charcoal

Gus

15" x 20", charcoal