Here’s the pumpkin I carved for Halloween this year. It’s a wolf howling. Yes, I know it’s a little hard to make out — especially since the nose curled around the pumpkin, and was therefore difficult to get a good shot of without distorting the view of the rest of the carving.
I foolishly decided to hearken back to my misspent days of youth when I would often draw up similar tribalish tattoo flash for customers. [At the risk of sounding like the fogey that complains about going uphill in the snow both ways to school: We actually resized ALL the flash by hand, since there wasn't a stencil machine in our shop until much later!].
Note to self: What is easily rendered with Sharpie is infinitely harder to pull off in the medium of squash fruits.
Hope everyone had a good one, and sorry I missed all the parties this year because I was on the road. 
Speaking of the road — I need to get off my ass and edit those travel pictures. Gah!
Well, I made it all the way to the wilds of West Virginia and returned home safely.
Pictured above: the 44 foot wall at the Della Brown Taylor Gallery. From left to right — Snowbird, Red Crow, Black Apple, Homesick, Bird Circus, October Trio, and Crow Bar.
I have over 500 photographs to sort through, so while this entry is short, rest assured others will be longer and photo-filled!
Again, many thanks to Professor Brent Thomas and the rest of the WVSU crew for all their help with the show. 
Here’s a shot from Friday night. Just thought it was an interesting long exposure.
Okay, you’re right. I’m procrastinating. Bah!
Today was my deadline for getting the show posters off to the printer’s. What you see is a rough approximation of the official design. As is to be expected, I’m swamped with a myriad of other little evils to slog through before the Ultimate Evil of the opening reception. However, I think this small bit of procrastination is just fine.
*Wanders off back into the wilds of the studio*
An intentionally blurry shot of one of my newer works. [3'x4', acrylics on masonite]
Gotta leave some mystery for the unveiling of the series in October, dontcha know.
