Gare's non-Xara Art

[Gare]

I write books.

I get lousy reviews sometimes.

As a consequence, I never expect favours.

By taking this somewhat negative mindset, I'm always pleasantly surprised when someone thanks me!



—Gary

[angelize]

Well Gare, your reply to Frank certainly got me thinking When I look back at some of my favourite pieces of art that I have done I think that the ones I like best are the ones I enjoyed doing the most.

I love the Cookie Monster! He has always been one of my favourite Sesame Street Characters.

[Gare]

Oh. Yeah, Frances, thanks for reminding me. I forgot to mention: if you don't enjoy what you're doing, you're either doing it wrong, or should do something else.

This is a happy mash-up of photorealistic, painting, and drawing styles. I did use Xara to massage the overall composition, truth be known.

I felt for it to work, I needed to choose a very simple, easy-to-parse subject, such as a still life. The travel mug is one of my favorite coffee mugs, and I almost never travel with it.



—Gary

[Gare]

Summer technically began last week.

Technically, I pay no attention to calendars, because technically we live in Central NY which has the sloppiest Autumns in the world.

Harumph,

[angelize]

I like these last two a lot, of course flowers appeal to me I like how the 3D and 2D elements blend together so well.

[Gare]

Thanks, Frances. I'm gearing up my Autumn color collection in what I'm designing these (ever-shortening, ever-chilling) days!



My Best,

Gary