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 Karen and Bonnie McKissick We lost our dear friend and my wife's mother Bonnie McKissick.
She's off to her next journey. Thank you Bonnie for all the love and good times we shared.  In April I discovered my little follie of a nest had been taken over by a couple of American robins (Turdus migratorius). The original nest was a wire basket I'd made with a cue ball left over from the old studio billiard table. It's in a low boxwood, pruned to emulate a tree I remember from Dr. Seuss books my little brothers read.
Here is the journey in pictures. Starting with the first egg, then two and then four, back to two (not clear on what happened to missing eggs) continuing through just before they fledged the nest.  My imagination is having great fun imagining new life into old images. I've been busily digitizing many old negatives. Images I'd never gotten the chance to print, proof or enjoy as a full time printmaker, paper maker and collaborator with artists. Blending old and new, what a great way to explore the power of computer editing.
Enjoy the ride. I certainly am, and allergies be damned.  One of my covid inspired creative projects is to go through old negatives and digitize them for my archive.
Along the way I'm finding old portraits that need an up date or two, maybe perhaps a fantasy twist. Sometimes my mind gets a little screwy with all the many options, so in those cases I follow the path of least resistance and carry on.  This week I explore digital drawing techniques of my old favorite flowerpower series. I'm starting on paper so I get a line quality I like, then shoot the simple drawing with my iPhone and up load it to my drawing app.
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