It was glorious!!!!!!!

First layer of oil paint down on the new face. Detail and speckling/spattering (the fun stuff) will happen after this layer dries to the touch.

Here's one of my studio assistants putting together a brand-new HUSKY shop table for me to sculpt at. (How do you like my vintage, beat-up floor?) She took it very seriously and I didn't have to go back and tighten very many screws . . . what a trooper!

Just finished sculpting the clay master & building the silicone mold on Chuck Lindberg. A hard jacket mold comes next; waiting on materials to arrive. I intend to cast him in urethane resin the end of next week. One of 13 full size figures I am creating for the Minnesota Military & Veterans Museum.

Cheers from my brother-in-law’s home in southern Wisconsin - hence the Old Fashioned!

Me & my sculpting "assistant" in the studio. You can listen to me talk about this work in a new podcast at either of the links below. It's a great chat & I almost sound intelligent, for a Marine . . . Here: www.mnvetmuseum.org/podcasts?fbc... Or here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d...

@unicornteeth.bsky.social Katie!! I miss you! Our whole freaky crew misses you!

It took us several months to pull off, but we finished our SPACE KIDS family movie, & you can watch it on YouTube. Note - comments are disabled because I don't want strangers leaving inappropriate remarks behind for my grandchildren. Click on the link below & enjoy! youtu.be/8P5iW9wA1GE?...

The movie I made with my grandchildren is finally finished and up on Youtube. It was hard work but a blast to make! Click below to watch it: youtu.be/EN2zufftBs8?...

Another busy day here in the studio, preparing a painting to be used by the Gettysburg National Battlefield Park showing the 20th Maine Regiment on Little Round Top. I may have gotten a little dirty . . .

I have been making reference models for my upcoming Gettysburg paintings. I love getting paid to be a 10 year-old child.

What a great night we had!

It’s the season . . .

Huge mass shooting in Maine. Covid denying, Jan 6th embracing traitor for Speaker of the House. Another glorious day in America. I am glad my clock is winding down.

Ancient history, age 14.

A blast from my past; 40 years ago. I was a starving artist - look at those hollow cheeks!

My dear wife, Pat, and I had a wonderful time yesterday at my nephew’s wedding. I officiated the ceremony, then relaxed for the rest of the night - aside from the dancing!

Throw back time - wherever did I put those goggles?

Just finished! Whew! "Burundi Water System" model approx. 8" x 16" x 24" XPS foam board, epoxy putty, epoxy resin, styrene sheet, static grass, modified N Gauge vehicles & figures. Built for the Gazelle Foundation, helping to provide safe water for people in Burundi: www.gazellefoundation.org

Hi, Tom @tombs237.bsky.social ! Isn't almost cocktail time in the Deep Dark Lounge?

What a great night! My dear wife, my youngest daughter, sister-in-law and future (please!)brother-in-law and Ferris Bueller all gathered at the Parkway Theater in my neighborhood!

Here’s a close-up shot of part of a model I am building for the Gazelle Foundation of Austin, TX. More photos to follow later this week.

I LOVE this graphic novel written by @jasondhenderson.bsky.social!

My dear wife, Pat, and I were the "Blue Ribbon" author /illustrator duo in the Alphabet Forest at Minnesota State Fair last monday - what a blast! Lots of autographs and crop art on a stick. I may have had a corn dog or two . . .