Happy Birthday St. Padre Pio

On this day in 1887, St. Padre Pio of Pietrelcina was born. Here he is in the Monastery garden of Our Lady of Grace - probably late 1950's.. I walked in that same place many times when I lived there.

Happy Birthday St. Padre Pio.

constant reflection

A small sketch from my sketchbook. It is of a woman caught in the moment of reflecting on the mysteries of Eternal Life; what lay ahead for one that moves ever closer to the moment of separation from this world. We must all face this at some point.

a couple of small oil paintings on panel done in the last year.

John's Vermeer - 9 x 12 in. Oil on panel.

My wife said she was 'comissioning' me to do a painting. I figured maybe a nice little landscape. She said; " I want a Vermeer." Gulp! I can't copy a Vermeer, I said. Just try, do your version of it, she said. Well, here are the not so great results.