Waking Dreams
Interior for the book Little Fears: Nightmare Edition, this illustrates a boy sitting on his bed. It’s bedtime and he knows there’s SOMETHING making that noise under the bed. As he looks to see if he can spot something, behind him, that SOMETHING reaches out for him.
Gypsy WIP
New Gypsy Vanner painting is coming along well 
I’m pleased with it so far! This painting is an actual full sized 9×12 inches. I love all my equines! I feel like they are all somewhere in mind all lined up in individual stables in my fantasy land, hehe. Its nearing completion, just need to finish up the boarder and do last minute touch ups!
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Bookmarks now available!
Hey everyone! finally my tassels came and I was able to put together my new bookmarks!
All bookmarks are approximately 6 1/2 inches tall by 2 inches wide. Printed on card stock and slid into a protective sleeve. Each with a Chainette bookmark tassel in the color willow green.
Pick one up on the new bookmark page! Click Here!
A Manufacturer’s Best Hope – Texas I
What a great race at Martinsville! Yes, it was dominated by the three guys everyone expected- Johnson, Gordon, and Hamlin. The three combined to lead 485 of the 500 laps, and also as expected, it came down to a closing lap bump to determine the winner. But there was also great racing throughout the field and it was nice to see continued strong runs from Allmendinger, McMurray, Montoya, and Reutimann.
Denny Hamlin has vocalized his belief that to be this far in his career, he should have far more checks in the win column. I agree. He’s had quite a few wins that appeared to be in the bag get away from him. This 2nd place finish at Martinsville comes right on the heels a 2nd place finish at Bristol. Mad props go to Denny for the way he handled the loss after the bump by Johnson.
My Martinsville Prediction Results:
- Chevrolet = Jimmie Johnson.
Jimmie finished 1st and led a total of 42 laps. - Dodge = Kasey Kahne.
Kasey finished 19th. He was the 4th best finishing Dodge, one spot behind Kurt Busch. - Ford = Jamie McMurray.
Jamie finished 10th and was the best finishing Ford. - Toyota = Denny Hamlin.
Denny led the most laps (296) and finished 2nd. He was the best finishing Toyota. - My Winner = Jeff Gordon. Jeff led 147 laps and finished 4th.
My Texas Predictions for each Manufacturer:
Loop Data Stats give Jimmie Johnson the highest driver rating of the field. However, I think Jeff Gordon is still Chevy’s best hope for a win in Texas. Toss out Jeff’s “pitiful” 13th place finish at Daytona this year and he has a 3.6 average finish this season.
Dodge’s best hope for a win is… well, pretty slim. Neither Kahne nor Allmendinger light up the stats sheets at Texas. Kurt Busch does has 4 top tens at Texas since the Spring race of 2005, so Dodge can rest their hope on his shoulders. There was a lot of tension and frustration between both Kurt and car owner Roger Penske (and the crew chief) last week. Is there more too it than just short track racing?
Look for Matt Kenseth to step back up as Ford’s best hope for a win this weekend. While the last few races have dropped Kenseth off the radar, Texas is a place where Matt performs very well. Six of his last seven Cup races here were top tens, with the 7th race being a 12th place finish. He normally spends over 96% of his laps running in the top 15.
A 37th place finish in the Spring of 2007 interrupts what could have been 5 consecutive finishes of 6th or better at Texas for Kyle Busch. He won the last two Nationwide Series races here, and finished 2nd in the last two Camping World Truck Series races at Texas. Kyle will not only be Toyota’s best hope for a win this weekend, he will also be carrying a special paint scheme to honor Bobby Labonte. There’s bound to be some good Mo-Jo there!
My Pick To Win?
For my pick to win I’m actually going to step away from the stats sheets and what I suspect will be the most common favorites (Johnson, Gordon, Kenseth, Edwards). From out of nowhere I’m going to go with Tony Stewart. In part because from out of nowhere is how Tony’s team been performing thus far this season. Tony won here in 2006 and he has 5 finishes of 11th or better in the last seven races.
Besides that, every time I tried to go with another driver my gut just told me to go with Tony. Be sure to track my progress (or failure as it may become) over on the OneBadWheel.com Experts Picks” page.
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New! Gypsy Love!
I have completed another painting, an equine piece to add to my collection of fantasy horses! This one is inspired for my love of Gypsy Vanner horse, by far the most beautiful breed of them all! This painting is 9×12 inches mixed medium on watercolor paper. Its currently listed on eBay, so Click Here to see the listing!
Prints are available Here!
In other news!
My artwork was recently added to a site called KillerPumpkins.com They asked to feature my Jack-o-Dragon painting on their side under their collection of “killer artists!” I’m proud to have been asked. You can see my painting Here!
And my newest painting “Flame Wielder” was chosen for moderators picks on Elfwood! Click here!
New Zazzle Store!
I have a new Zazzle store! so you can buy my artwork on a variety of fun items! Mugs, mouse pads, tote bags, post cards, binders and more! Great gift ideas, be it for a friend or loved one, or a treat for yourself! I have all my recent works up, I still have a few anthro pieces to put up there, coming soon though. Let me know in comments if you would be interested in this artwork on clothes. Id like to see about getting some t-shirts.
June
THE THIRD SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY
09.30 Eucharist
Hymns AMNS 492, 438, 208, 357
Palestrina; Missa Papae Marcelli
Gibbons: Almighty and Everlasting God
Bach: Prelude and Fugue in G major
11.00 Mattins
Hymns AMNS 192, 367
Responses: Clucas
Elgar: Te Deum in F
McKie: We Wait for Thy Loving Kindness
Lefebure-Wely: Sortie in B flat
3.30 Choral Evensong
Hymns NEH 12, 93, 416
Responses: Morley
Psalm 41 (Ouseley, Flintoft)
Purcell in G minor
Purcell: Remember not, Lord
Wolstenholme: Minuet in the style of Handel
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Women Fantasy Art – Video
I kind of liked this tribute video of Frank Frazetta’s work. It contains some great women fantasy art and is worth the view.
You might or might not know that Frank Frazetta was born in 1928 and is probably best known for his work on the Buck Rogers comic book covers and paperback covers paintings for Tarzan and Conan the Barbarian series.
Enjoy the Video…
My turn…
THE FOURTH SUNDAY AFTER THE LORD’S TEST
09.30 Eucharist
Hymns AMNS 678, 301, 453,
Oldroyd: Mass of the Quiet Hour (so much better if one has a hangover)
Vaughan-Williams: O Taste and See (I know, but it’s appropriate liturgically and we’re still suffering a little after last night)
Voluntary: anything at all (we won’t be listening – hair of the dog, and all that!)
11.00 Mattins
Hymns AMNS 192, 367 (we should know them well enough by now)
Responses: Tomkins
Stanford: Te Deum in C (we’re feeling better now)
Malcolm Boyle: Thou, O God Art Praised in Sion (we’re definitely feeling better)
Mulet: Carillon-Sortie
3.30 Choral Evensong
Hymns NEH 35, 678, 243
Responses: Leighton (lunchtime drinking gives us so much confidence)
Psalm 121 (Howells – who else?)
Walmisley in D minor (why not?)
Michael ‘Ernie’ Wise: The Ways of Zion do Mourn (just right after Sunday lunch, a big fat solo for a well-fed bass and a little reedy restoration waif completly drowned out by the noise)
Guilmant: March on a Theme by Handel (we’ll certainly be listening to that!)
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