Recent content by OliveOyl

Thank you David and Ayin and the others for looking and liking. An albatross around the neck…yes! I always liked working somewhere around 40”. It feels comfortable. I have some early work in the 50-60” range but they stick too far out from the storage rack in the garage. Makes it hard to pull...

Yikes, Ayin….those black eye holes…!!! I’m scared of that “monster-person” as it stands but in any case, it will be interesting (as always) to see how this develops. The background is very “groovy” too and I wonder…why don’t people use that word anymore? It’s groovy, for god sakes. Okay. As to...

Looking forward to seeing this one too because I like the couple…so far. I don’t know if you’re done with the woman’s hair, but I love it as it is. Those little brown spots in the yellow curls is everything! Also, the purple areas in his face and the little trophy off to the side are nice places...

Brian Wilson never meant much to me but SLY did! This was the only one of their albums that I owned: This was way back in the olde high school days of yore while I was at my most moody and angsty teenage self. And despite the fact that this album was happy and poppy and funky, I listened (and...

Oh wow…I love this one and might be one of my favorites of your snapshot series. SO good. I like the simplicity of the whole composition but the complex wall pattern adds just the right amount of “noise.” I like what seems to be - at first glance - a loving portrait of a father and his son/sun...

I lived a block from the beach and never looked for sea glass. But yeah…sometimes being kind to small(er) animals isn’t in a child’s wheelhouse, right? I’d throw salt on snails to watch them shrivel up and die; captured Japanese beetles to put inside jars (where they’d also die); threw rocks...

I was once curious about them, specifically because they seemed to offer more “hand holding” to get you through the whole marketing/promotion process. Maybe that’s their “hook.” Somewhere on their site there must have been a link for a contact or something and before you knew it, they were...

It’s funny that last night, I was reading this book called, “What We Keep.” It’s a compilation of photographic essays from 150 people who talk about the one object that brings them “joy, magic and meaning.” And there…was Neil Leifer (!!) and HIS object…and it’s a pretty good one. It’s funny...

So okay...speaking of blabbing... The hub and I had a little family reunion with my sister (who successfully battled cancer last year and is finally able to get out and about) and my English brother-in-law (who is deathly afraid of heights), and my cousin and her husband (who have climbed...

Wow. I'm so glad you're back, Ayin. I was getting worried and thinking about you and NO, you don't blab too much or use too many words. I think we could all use MORE words around here and so I for one will be blabbering up a storm in the next post. Or two. And THEN, I'll go hibernate again until...

Well, this work is a pleasure to see. Feel better…❤️

This is fantastic, Hermes. Well done. It has a “groovy” 1960’s feel and those particular colors remind me of some kind of wild hippie nation flag. ✌🏼 And…it looks like fun to do… Have you done many batiks before? How do you mount/display them? Are your shingles gone forever now? Will you/did...

Hi Steven…it all looks pretty good to me. That landing page is an intense bolt of color…like wow. But I’m curious about your technique and unless I missed it, I don’t see it described on your site. Maybe it’s not necessary to include. But *I* would like to know about your technique. It’s light...