Taking a break from preparing for my next concert, I took my camera out and captured the front yard lilies looking glorious!

Caught this blossom with the dew still on the petals in our front yard.

Struggling to get the garden in this Spring due to the relentless rain. Worth the effort. Here is a photo of my vegetables from a couple years back in mid-summer. Wonderful food, and the exercise keeps me vigorous in my advancing years.

I "retired" from biotech in 2005 and started teaching at the Trumansburg Conservatory of Fine Arts. 20 years on, I'm still bringing music into the lives of people in my community. Found this photo from my 2008 student recital. I was teaching mostly guitar then, but have added piano & violin/fiddle.

On a sunny late November day last year, my wife's Queen Elizabeth rose graced our yard with one last beautiful blossom.

Our beloved cavachon, Dash, 10 weeks old, on the trip home from the breeder, March 19, 2022.

In 1966 (!!!) I lived two blocks from this magical place, Lovers Point Park, in Pacific Grove, California

Rather than take classes & paint decorative images, I experiment with improvisational paintings. Instead of depicting what my eyes see, I paint what's in my mind. Example - "Nest in the Storm":

Sunset from my backyard. One of the reasons I live in Upstate NY in the Fingerlakes region!

Surprised, and pleased that my watercolor "Satan's Eye" will be included in the upcoming "Heaven & Hell" art show, opening May 2nd at the Community School of Art & Music in Ithaca, NY. Here's a photo of it, still on the easel:

One of my submissions for an upcoming art show:
"Tears of the Earth" - acrylic on paper, done with a palette knife instead of brushes, a representation of the planet's response to the damage humans inflict on it's life forms.

I worked with a team of scientists that developed a method to mass-produce the anti-cancer compound paclitaxel using plant cell culture. This was later marketed as "Taxol". Photo is the compound crystalizing as I purified a sample for our CEO to take to a meeting with the NCI. Exciting work!

Experimenting with drizzling and splattering watercolor paint on paper, then filling in with brushes. Results are often dream or nightmare like. This one came about after re-reading the terrifying non-fiction book about mass extinction, "Under a Green Sky" by Peter Ward

My home office where I teach piano, guitar, mandolin, fiddle, banjo, Appalachian dulcimer, autoharp, and ukulele.

"Evolution" watercolor on paper. WRG

Introductory pet post: My boy, Dash, always sits down to eat his meals. A beautiful cavachon who lights up the house on these dreary winter days.