Of Paintings And Stories

This fantastic painting by Dan titled "Into The Woods" was sold at the Pines Biennial on Saturday. Actually, it could have been sold at least twice because another buyer wanted it after it had already been sold. Dan has paintings remaining from the sale, so if anyone would like to purchase on of his works they are available for sale. Contact Dan if you're interested at rdeccp@yahoo.com

We had an old friend Charles Austin over yesterday afternoon for our weekly writer's group meeting. Charles has a story in the just published short story collection that also contains a work written by Dan. "Queer Collection" is available for purchase on Amazon.
Jim

Busy Day!

We're off in a few minutes to the Pines with over 20 of Dan's paintings. Dan will join about two dozen other artists in the Pines Biennial art exhibit. I think he's going to sell a lot this year. It's a beautiful day and we're really looking forward to this fun event.

Jim

A Stormy Wednesday Morning

Photo: Glen Wielgus with some of his beautiful paintings at the last Pines Biennial. Glen is the organizer of this year's event.

It's a stormy morning here in Cherry Grove. The sky is dark and there's lots of heavy rain, thunder, and lightning. You know it's bad when the Direct TV isn't working.

The beach has been great lately. The water is warm and not too rough. We haven't been hearing about many tropical storms so far this season. It's been TOO quiet on that front.

Jim

Pines Biennial Art Show

The Pines Biennial Art Exhibit will be held this Saturday from 1:30 to 4:30 PM. There will be about two dozen artists and sculptors exhibiting. Dan will have about 2o paintings in the show. The venue is a large double house compound on Seaview walk. Paintings are displayed on the walls of the houses and on the fencing. Sculptures are placed poolside or in open areas on the deck. It's really a spectacular show and the artwork looks great outdoors.

It's only early August but Fall was in the air out here on the island this past weekend. It got so cool the other night that I actually put a blanket on the bed. I'm sure it will get hot again, but we've been enjoying the beautiful cooler weather. The water is warm and yesterday it was so clear that you could see your toes while standing chest deep in the ocean. I saw a school of tiny fish as I was swimming and in past years I've even seem warm water tropical fish like Sergeant Majors while swimming here. When the winds are favorable we often get warm water currents that I suspect are offshoots from the Gulf Stream. The color of the water is a beautiful mint green. Today I'll wear my diving mask and snorkel and see if I can spot some special warm water visitors off shore.

Jim