25 Beale Street SF

I stopped by this place at 25 Beale Street in SF where I painted some murals 22 years ago. I wanted to see how the paintings were standing up to the wear and tear of the commercial setting. There's been some minor damage and some unwise obstructions (and most of the work on the 2nd floor has been painted over) but much of it looked pretty good.

conejito de koons

comprar amigo, foto desviada, 21 Mayo 2019, nunca dejes que te digan que no puedes comprar amigos.

Dawn Dance

Arise ye children of Lucifer, 
worshipers of the morning star,
Lovers of perversity and cool passion.
Calculate the formula to rot the iron 
that encases your wrists and ankles,
So you may break the cuffs like punky wood.
Dance in the meadows at dawn in the soft rain.
Toss the dandelions the faithful have so foolishly cut,
to the sky and your gentle mother.
The Spring harvest arrives!

Peggy Lipton as Norma Jennings

Two great scenes from Twin Peaks, the Return, aka season 3, both with Peggy Lipton as Norma Jennings. RIP.

Kobi Zane & Samuel Petre at Eureka Valley Rec

I probably won't attend life drawing today so I may take someone to Golden Gate Bridge; but here are some drawings from last week: four 30 minute poses and two sheets of 3 minute poses (two on the first and three on the second). The models were Kobi Zane and Samuel Petre, and these sessions were set up and run by Thomasina DeMaio.  Below are four 30 minute drawings from the week before.

Leonardo da Vinci's Final Painting

As today is the five hundredth anniversary of Leonardo’s death it seemed a good time to post a photo of his final painting, John the Baptist, and two other images of the saint in the wilderness that came from his circle or workshop. The first of these later pictures supposedly by Cesare di Sesto and the other by Bernardino Lanino are based on a red chalk drawing by Leonardo (that was stolen in 1973, so the available photo isn’t very good.)