Return of the Handeze

Along with the tingling and pain, when my RSI flares up, it seems like circulation is poor in my arms, and my hands tend to get very cold. Handeze are fingerless gloves made of a stretchy nylon, designed specifically to keep your hands warm while typing. They do come in beige, but I prefer the black.

Many Tapes

Another Kind of Proportional Divider

This one is an extremely useful moderne device which measures a wall and tells you where to hammer the nails when you want to hang a series of same-size paintings spaced evenly on a wall. Recommended for anyone hanging their own shows!

Goofy-Earred Hat

Night Shadow (Outside the Dojo)

Funky Mirror in Color

First Left-Handed Watercolor

I Work Downtown

From the fourth floor kitchen, the setting sun could still be seen, lighting the skyscrapers Down below, a steady march of people headed for BART (the subway/metro) in complete shadow. Back to work for me.

Funny Hair, Big Bicycle

Bin Shadow

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Shadows and Reflections: Birthday Toast

Shadows and reflections of my hand raising my wine glass to toast Joan & my birthdays.

Waiting for My Bagel

Double Birthday Fun, Redux

Heroically Posed with the Bicycle Delivery Cart

You may wonder, why did she do that checker-board thing? Well, really, for the same old reason - I wanted to see what it would look like.

Home with a Cold, in a Sea of Stripes (Second Inks)

Home with a Cold, in a Sea of Stripes (First Inks)

Shadow on Studio Floor

I don't know what was going on there in the shadow, but no, I'm not pregnant!

Dim Classroom

Flashback to 2001

My interest in shadows is by no means recent. In fact, most of the botanical paintings are based on shadows. (The source photo was taken in 2001, the drawing was done today.)

Friday's Alexander Technique Exchange

Last Friday's Alexander Technique exchange included students and recent graduates from all three Bay Area Alexander Technique Teacher Training Schools: The Alexander Educational Center, The Northern California Center for the Alexander Technique and The Bay Area Center for the Alexander Technique. We all enjoyed working together and look forward to doing it some more!

Rush Hour Had Started (2)

The first one was closer to what the camera saw, this one is closer to what I saw. However, I cannot explain my definite resem- blence here to Michael Jackson.

Tung Oil

This weekend, Ann & I applied the first coat of tung oil to our new garden chalet.

The Dogs Cast No Shadows...

..but mine was huge, at the no-name "rest station" that used to be a gas station, in lovely Noe Valley.

The Balustrade, the Tree, and Me

Late Afternoon Sun: The Tree's Shadow, and Mine

I'm glad shadows finally made their way into this project, they're an ongoing interest of mine. You can see their influence all over my work, from the paper cut-outs, to the plant paintings, from the figure photographs to the pet portraits.