Category Archives: My art

Let’s make a cover for my new novel; a step-by-step blog series, and I want your input!… part 2…

Posted on April 9, 2019 by pouringmyartout

Let’s begin with… uh… the beginning. I have four photos of my daughter, Mollie, to use on the cover art for my newest novel. I am making copies of all the changes as we go, because I have to use … Continue reading →

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Let’s make a cover for my new novel; a step-by-step blog series, and I want your input!… part 1…

Posted on April 9, 2019 by pouringmyartout

The thing is… (hey, thing!, you haven’t been around here forever!!!)… that these mock-ups that I did a long time ago are no longer relevant. That is because I had to rename the novel. It turns out that ‘the seven … Continue reading →

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Light and darkness, stillness and movement… experiments with photography… part 2…

Posted on February 15, 2019 by pouringmyartout

Okay, for a while, these will be the last of the ‘low-light-long-shutter-opening-wiggling-the-camera-while-I take-pictures-of-colored-lights-in-various-weird-forms’ posts… I am not giving up on the premise… And, as I may have mentioned, I am saving the best of these photos to do some fun … Continue reading →

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Another of those things I see in the world around me that nobody else seems to notice…

Posted on February 12, 2019 by pouringmyartout

I was at work one day, not too long ago, and I looked down at the flagstones, and spotted this Aztec chief in a big, gold, jewel-encrusted crown… or war helmet… or whatever. He is right there, in plain sight. … Continue reading →

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A love bench and a double rainbow…

Posted on February 9, 2019 by pouringmyartout

So I am cleaning some photos off my cell phone. My wife just had a birthday, and I made her a little love bench. But it is also a photo stand, because I carved a slot in the seat of … Continue reading →

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Colors in the dark… part 2…

Posted on January 31, 2019 by pouringmyartout

Okay, it is time to explain what I am doing here. These photo experiments are an extension of those ‘wiggly light’ photos I was taking when I visited my mom in the Bay Area for Christmas. I was taking pictures … Continue reading →

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‘Uh, Arthur,’ I can hear you asking, ‘what the heck is that, exactly’???

Posted on January 20, 2019 by pouringmyartout

Well, I am glad you asked. That is this… And so is this… And this… And that… And also that… And this thing… And even that… which are all this thing… A glass paperweight I made in my glass blowing … Continue reading →

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Just making myself laugh in times of trouble…

Posted on January 11, 2019 by pouringmyartout

Oh man… I should have changed the word ‘enemy’ to ‘enema’… dang it.

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Lights, camera, action; fun with ‘wiggly photography’… part 3… the final chapter?

Posted on January 2, 2019 by pouringmyartout

No, this won’t be the final chapter. These are just the last of the photos I have already taken, using my new low-light-long-shutter-opening-wiggling-the-camera-around-like-a-maniac-and-trying-to-make-art-technique. These are photos I took from the mountain overlooking the San Francisco Bay. You can see the … Continue reading →

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A Christmas gift for my wife…

Posted on December 21, 2018 by pouringmyartout

I used my last real Mexican Fan Palm log, not to make a tiki, but to make a present for my wife. It looks small, but it is about three-and-a-half-feet-tall. It has our initials carved into it with a plus … Continue reading →

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