I finally feel like I can call myself a painter. I have an abstract canvas in an exhibition at the Gallery of Art 850 (previously the Mary Olan Miller Gallery) in Panama City, Florida. Also, I can add I’ve sold my first painting in a professional setting. It feels both…
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Acrylic Painting – Working with Figures
One of the things I’ve been practicing lately is painting figures. Nothing too detailed or sophisticated, of course. Just simple figures in different poses. I picked up the technique from Robert Burridge on YouTube. He’s been one of the biggest influences on my acrylic painting journey. Basically, I take a…
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Review – Side Quest by Jalyn Renae Fiske
The short stories in this collection of speculative fiction dance between magic, fantasy, revenge, and heartbreak. The author, Jalyn Renae Fiske, does a splendid job of taking the reader on a voyage that explores different worlds and varied characters, yet it all comes together like pieces of a jigsaw puzzle. …
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Review – Murder In the West End by Amnon Kabatchnik
Agatha Christie is a well-known name in the literary world and is immediately identified with the mystery genre. Outside of her novels, she was also a prolific playwright and many of her plays were staged in the famous West End in London, England. Additionally, there were a handful of other…
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Review – Color Theory by Patti Mollica
Because I’m not a professionally trained painter (I took a few art classes in school, but that was many years ago), I’ve been trying to self-educate by studying professional painters and reading up on the fundamentals. That’s why I picked up a copy of Color Theory by Patti Mollica. It was…
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Review – A Time of Your Choosing by Gordon MacKinney
Ketch Immer is caught in the middle of a debate he never wanted to be part of and there’s no easy way out. His father owns Immer Funereal and Statuary Services, the only business licensed to operate an NEO module. This means they can legally euthanize people who pass a…
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A Few Winter Thoughts
While I grew up in the world of annual Christmas celebrations, it wasn’t until I was older that I learned there were other winter holidays being celebrated. There’s the Jewish festival of Hanukkah, the African-American celebration of Kwanzaa, and Las Posadas, which is found in many Latin-American countries. There are…
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Embracing Change
“Change is inevitable.” – Benjamin Disraeli Change is also constant, from the minuscule things we don’t notice to the major events that impact our lives. We navigate change because we have to. We can’t get overly comfortable because something will happen that will catch us off guard and send our…
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A Morning at Maclay Gardens State Park
My partner and I took a much-needed hike through one of the local state parks this past weekend. Alfred B. Maclay Gardens State Park is a very cool piece of Florida history on the north side of Tallahassee. Alfred Maclay was a banker in New York who visited Tallahassee back…
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Review – Divine in Essence by Yarrow Paisley
With influences of Poe, Lovecraft, King, and Barker, Divine in Essence hits the sweet spot of dark, speculative fiction. The twenty short stories in Yarrow Paisley’s collection incorporate themes of body horror, hauntings, transmutation, and surrealism. The journey, which twists and turns through mind-bending scenes, will leave the reader with…