Progress with the Painting...and Plugs

So far, I have been able to get down on canvas two of the four "characters/roles," that are described in the post below: painter and poet. Both are different stylistically, but share the same pose, complete with drink and cigar. Started sketcing out "pornographer," and don't know what I want to do yet with "psychiatric."

Additionally, I have begun to paint a scene from The Moon and Sixpence, which simply has the stockbroker-turned-painter, Charles Strickland sitting at a table playing a game of chess.

It was a nice weekend, too. On Friday, a friend came up and visited, and we did a little bar hopping. Saturday, I hung out with little girl for the day, then went home and painted some, but I was in bed by 9:30 p.m. Of course, I was up until 3:30 a.m. the night before. Sunday, I hung out with my daughter and stayed over, because of the weather.

Plug for Marcelle's reading this Thursday

Also need to plug my friend, Marcelle's blog, as she will be reading at an event this Thursday, in NYC, off Broome Street, I think. Lately, she's been getting a bit philosophical about the nature of kink and "perversion," and to her credit, throwing in a good word about the need for sexual ethics. Her blog is not for the feint at heart or the close-minded. I find it fun, her funny and quite endearing. And I think she is a pretty good writer. Regretfully, I will miss the reading. So, my best wishes to her.

Plug for DeeAnne Gorman

I also want to link to my friend DeeAnne Gorman, a fellow GWU classmate, lived on the same floor of Guthridge Hall as me. We didn't know each other well in the 1980's, but I've gotten to spend some quality time with her and have read her poetry and have heard her sing. I think this Sunday, she'll be at Cafe Prudence (18th Street, between 7th and 8th), around 1 p.m.