I believe that every regular  reader of this web blog knows that I love to take photographs. I like to share them too, and I try to feature an original photograph in every post that I write.

Many of you also know that I am pretty good with computers and the Internet, and have created many graphics in my time for websites and presentations. I use various software programs to help me generate and enhance the images, and I enjoy the work.

What you may not know is that I also like to paint! No, I'm not talking about house painting, although I did that professionally for years. I had my own company and painted more condos than you would ever believe, as I stopped counting at 10,000 painted.

I'm talking about watercolor painting and occasionally oils. I don't get a chance to do it often, but every ten years or so I get a hankering to create some art and I purchase supplies and go to town!

I'm not all that good at it, and I am not classically trained. In fact. I have no schooling at all in the craft, other than the school of hard knocks accentuated by trial and error. But I have managed to complete a few hundred works, some better than others and all quite primitive but somewhat appealing.

So I usually find something I want to paint, and take a few photos to help me translate the subject to the 2D world of paper, and then I start wetting the paper and let the color flow. If it turns out okay, it gets a frame. If not, it goes into the large stack of "almost!"

There's an interesting story about the painting illustrated in this post. It has long been one of my favorites. A friend of mine had a book, about paintings done in Georgia, and another artist had painted the exact same scene! Same angle, the only difference was my painting represented autumn and the other artist depicted the scene in winter. I am still trying to find a copy of that book, but I can't remember the title.

Maybe I'll get the paints out and finish that Cape Cod one I started ... back in 1989! I never did say that I get in a hurry!

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