Dobbs Ferry

I had to go to westchester yesterday on business so I stopped in the town I spent a year in (about 5 years ago) The town is called dobbs ferry. It is a quiet town on the hudson river and I spent a year there living in a cottage alone with no car---- All I did was think and occasionally drink with the old war veterans in quiet bars. I didnt even paint much, it was time for thought and regrouping and reading. I will always have fond memories of Dobbs. The town reminds me of one of those Twilight Zone towns that somehow slipped the vicious hands of time and held on to that feel of a quiet and quainter america before she went insane from foot and mouth disease..I lived in the yellow cottage seen in one of the photos..

MODERN ART---Ralph Steadman

I love this painting. Notice the people herding through a modern art gallery. There is nothing for them, no nutrients, no food. Just a used car lot of nihilism. This is why I only go to the Met. If The Moma was to be turned into a steakhouse I would actually go ther, at least my belly would get filled while my soul remained starved.

NICE PAINTING RALPH!

Ralph Steadman

Here is one of my top three favorite living artists--he carries the yoke of an "illustrator" which only means he actually knows how to draw and is not a modern HACK...He is a fine artist in my mind..I hate to think that he will pass one day as did Hunter S. thompson. I hope he is in good health so he runs for another 20 years...

http://www.ralphsteadman.com/

...another eccentric brit--a character of the highest order.

self portrait with six fingers

Here is a self portrait that reveals the secret of my art---I have six fingers. The cat is out of the bag---And to think that the abstract expressionists had six thumbs! I took this in the Carribean---(a crappy restaurant in NYC)

yesterday's puzzle---answer

bagpipe!

this one was rated easy..

cell phone photo---painting at christies auction house

I was in front of Christies auction house today. Here is a cell phone photo of a blow up of an amazing old master painting (the author of which I know not.) The window reflection adds a modern twist to a great work of art but I prefer the original without the stain of my unintentional modernism...

congrats!

congrats to J.S. and my faithful reader J.N for answering the Leonardo Learning test correctly! I will post answer and a NEW Puzzle tomorrow.