IF - Unbalanced

The topic for this week's Illustration Friday is "Unbalanced"

The Astonishing Bradley's act became somewhat less than astonishing when he became unbalanced.

He was so unbalanced that he dropped his checkbook, which was also.....unbalanced.

IF - Fast

Illustration Friday's them for this week is "Fast"
This reflects the old adage that you don't have to be faster than the bear, you just have to be faster than the other guy.

It may be that the bear has just completed a fast, so our hikers should strive to be really fast.

IF - Flying

I haven't done Illustration Friday for quite a while. The theme for this week is "Flying".

The cassowary is a nervous flier. The kiwi is excited. The penguin is unimpressed. The ostrich is having a great time. The emu is looking for Rod Hull. And who knows what the takahē is thinking.

A Pepper

This is my latest still life. I wasn't really planning on doing one, but I saw this pepper from my wife's garden sitting on the kitchen counter. Painting the transition from red to green was very interesting. I also learned that I should try to complete the painting quickly. I stopped painting before I was finished and came back the next day to a much redder pepper.

Bethany and Reginald

My daughter has been after me to post something. So here is a picture of her and her pet elephant, Reginald.
We are taking care of Reginald while Bethany is at college. So if you're in my backyard, watch where you step.

I haven't posted since June? I have been slacking!

Gargoyle

Here's a little still life. I got this gargoyle when I was a kid. It's a souvenir my Aunt Carol brought back from Paris during one of her many trips there. It sits in my studio with my other statues and dolls-um, that is, "Action Figures".

Art by Committee - Trudy L.

James Gurney at gurneyjourney.blogspot.com has issued another "Art by Committee" challenge. This time, rather than a snippet from an old science fiction manuscript, he has provided a business card he picked up in a restaurant. The challenge is to imagine the person whose card it is.
This is the card:
My first response was the obvious one; a mousy librarian type. But then, it occurred to me that the Harvard Depository must be a huge place. Trudy L's job has to be more exciting than one might think: