The Realm of Rants and Ramblings: where profound insights and trivial complaints coexist in an uneasy truce, all while hoping to be mistaken for wisdom. It's a cosmic lost-and-found for thoughts that refuse to stay quietly in the mind.
After retirement, I tried to turn art into a business—and nearly lost the joy that brought me to it in the first place. A cheap sketchbook, a ballpoint pen,...
When the first version of Jack Moore’s Looking Glass Maker turned out muddy, I had to decide whether to abandon it—or listen more carefully to what it wanted to...
I miss Mr. Rogers, but what I miss most is the world he made seem possible: curious, creative, gentle, and kind enough to include the person making the art.
After retirement, the days began to blur together, and I needed some way to prove to myself that I was still doing things. Journaling became a record, blogging became...
Over ten years of blogging, I’ve changed names, designs, subjects, and selves. Looking through the old evidence reminded me why I keep returning: I’m still working on life, one...
I packed enough art supplies for several imaginary versions of myself, then discovered that the artist who actually showed up in Shenandoah mostly needed a sketchbook, a pen, and...
A simple watercolor texture exercise unexpectedly turned into a series of tiny storyteller artworks. These pocket-sized ACEOs grew from painted experiments, old ideas, and the hope that someone might...
The July Realmscapes newsletter is up on Substack, and this month it’s a downloadable zine: a small creative dispatch with art, writing updates, studio notes, and assorted oddments.
Realmscapes now has a Patreon. It’s not replacing the website, just offering another free companion space for creative updates, news-zines, and behind-the-scenes notes.