Still-life watercolors...fruit, flowers, and vases arranged in unnatural poises with shadows and shines.
Pointillism...Seurat sure was terrible at color-by-number painting--no stroke!
Monet's Impressionistic style and method...impressive, but--no point!
Cubism...Braque and Picasso would have made lousy jig-saw puzzle partners.
Self-portraits...the essential narcissism of the eye: Picasso never put on a shirt and probably had a broken mirror when he painted his.
Surrealism of Salvador Dali...He'd better hoped those watches he painted dripping off the table and trees were Timex--"takes a melting and keeps on ticking!"
Pastoral landscapes...Just give me an old country dirt road, a barn, and bluebonnets any day!
Modern art...Radigeometry vs. Godsplazilla!
Nudes...I'd like 'em better in person in the flesh.
Followers
Hill Jr. High & BA Times
- Drivin' Around (February 2012)
- The Waiting Room (February 2012)
- Boots and Baton (January 2012)
- I Only Pretended to Be (November 2011)
- Lanewood Lads (October 2011)
- Steak Cutlets and Fish on Fridays (August 2011)
- A Hill Top Experience (July 2011)
- Senior English (July 2011)
- The Bryan Adams High School 1970 National Honors Orchestra (June 2011)
- sometimes (June 2011)
- Not That Type of Guy (June 2011)
- I Never Knew You (May 2011)
- It Was Love Field (November 2010)
- 1968 (July 2010)
- Travelogue: Austin, 1970 (July 2010)
- Waiting (June 2010)
- The Grateful Grad (May 2010)
- Eating Dates (March 2010)
- Not a Match (September 2009)
- OK, So I Was a Real Jerk (September 2009)
- Streets (August 2009)
- Sex Will Be the Death of You Yet (June 2009)
- pen pals (June 2009)
- Dennis the Menace (April 2009)
- Might Be a Squeeze, Maybe a Crush (March 2009)
- Shop (February 2009)
- Military Mike (February 2009)
- Dan Again (February 2009)
- "...the news today, oh boy." (February 2009)
- Respighi with Meatballs (February 2009)
- Eve's Ending (December 2008)
- When I Worked in the Movies (December 2008)
- Boys & Bikes (December 2008)
- Late Night Listening (September 2008)
- T.K. Fleming: A Memorial (July 2008)
- Tie One On (June 2008)
- AScent of Man (June 2008)
- Doing It Over Differently (May 2008)
- Moved by the Spirit (April 2008)
History / Travel
- The state of USS Nevada: December 7, 1941 (December 2011)
- Downtown Dallas After 37 Years (August 2011)
- Wanted: One Weekend in Paris (August 2011)
- Back to Bend (June 2011)
- White Lightning (October 2010)
- To the Top of Tejas (October 2010)
- I'd Head West (September 2010)
- The Tower (August 2010)
- Sons of the Sabre (August 2010)
- Bomber on the Mountain (August 2010)
- Retreat, Texas (July 2010)
- July (July 2010)
- Anahuac: Timeline (June 2010)
- A Capitol Idea! (June 2010)
- Freiderica (May 2010)
- Magical Motor Courts (April 2010)
- Fountains of Youth (December 2009)
- Fun at First Monday (August 2009)
- Oak Island: About One Year Later (July 2009)
- I Dreamt I'd Died and Gone to Disney (July 2009)
- The Mitchell (June 2009)
- Buena Vista (April 2009)
- Special Delivery (January 2009)
- Windmill Fan (January 2009)
- Some Cherokee Night (January 2009)
- Walking Cemeteries (December 2008)
- A Malt at the Hungry Moose (December 2008)
- Wind, Water, and Wildfire (November 2008)
- East Texas Reflections (October 2008)
- Being New Mexico (October 2008)
- No Hurry in Hubbard (July 2008 )
- High Way Westward (June 2008)
- Pacific Blue (June 2008)
- A Life in Ruins (May 2008)
- BIG BEND TRILOGY: Lost Mine (May 2008)
- BIG BEND TRILOGY: Out to the Chimneys (May 2008)
- BIG BEND TRILOGY: Desplobado (May 2008)
- Unlucky Lindbergh (April 2008)
Poure Poemes
- We Wait for a Word (March 2012)
- le chat elegant (February 2012)
- Sunday evening...with sonnet (January 2012)
- The Winter of Your Discontent (January 2012)
- Femme Chamomile (January 2012)
- Boots and Baton (January 2012)
- Sonnet (November 2011)
- Dogs Dream (October 2011)
- When Robins Remain (October 2011)
- Just (September 2011)
- What Will Be (August 2011)
- gone are gardenias (August 2011)
- a passion more powerful (August 2011)
- some lines said this sunday evening (July 2011)
- Necessary Loves, Necesary Losses (July 2011)
- We Only Wish to Love (May 2011)
- True (May 2011)
- sonnet 2 (December 2010)
- imprisoned passions (November 2010)
- serpent smiles (November 2010)
- unused lyrics (October 2010)
- Vol et le fait de Couler (October 2010)
- Mourning Pond (September 2010)
- redemption (September 2010)
- Faith lasts not as long...(September 2010)
- Haughty and Humble (August 2010)
- head ache (August 2010)
- longing and having (August 2010)
- Rock Wall (August 2010)
- The Dead Have No Doubt (July 2010)
- Chained Lady (July 2010)
- Things (June 2010)
- Spring's the Begin[ning] (April 2010)
- in amorata (April 2010)
- Strongheart (March 2010)
- inspire (November 2009)
- in and out (November 2009)
- give and take (November 2009)
- Mind, Body, and Soul (July 2009)
- dragons fly (June 2009)
- Alone Entry (April 2009)
- Redbud (March 2009)
- [empty] (December 2008)
- untitled (November 2008)
- Flight (November 2008)
- Fall (October 2008)
- Wombs to Tombs (July 2008)
- Mon Jolie Claire Elise (June 2008)
- The Broken-Down Boat (May 2008)
Flat Tires & Parakeets
- A Layman's Look at an Art Gallery (January 2012)
- Fruit Loops (January 2012)
- A Layman's Look at the Laws of Nature and Physics (January 2012)
- Some Less Romantic Similes to Avoid...(January 2012)
- Some Religious Items Dumped on eBay in Time for Christmas Giving (December 2011)
- Prologue to The Cranberry Tales (November 2011)
- Top Ten Reasons You Are Better Off Not Being at Walmart's Black Friday Tonight (November 2011)
- No Thanks! (November 2011)
- A Layman's Biblical Guide to Trick-or-Treating: Revised Expanded Version [REV] (October 2011)
- Some Other Bumper/Window Stickers We'd Like to See (August 2011)
- Observations of an Unemployed Husband (August 2011)
- What Becomes of Church Bulletins (July 2011)
- Additional Answers to Automobile Stickers (August 2010)
- Answers to Automobile Stickers (August 2010)
- closemindedness...(August 2010)
- Cars Make the Man (November 2009)
Prosey
- Had It Been Anyone But You (November 2010)
- Riding the Comet! (November 2010)
- Night After You (November 2010)
- Wish You Were Here (October 2010)
- River of Mercy, River of Grace (August 2010)
- Alpine Glory (August 2010)
- Like American Wine (June 2010)
- I Flew for the Finns (May 2010)
- scene from Gamblers and Cheaters (May 2010)
- Hank's in Heaven and All's Well Here in Hell on Earth (April 2010)
- Marilyn Don't Love Joe No Mo' (April 2009)
- A Way You'll Always Be (October 2008)
- The Last Wildcat in the West (August 2008)
- Dream Girl (June 2008)
About Me
- Gary
- Georgetown, Texas, United States
- Those who knew me when in high school, knew I played out my Rickenbacker with passion, if only in my mind and heart. Blue eyes have been about my only strongest asset. Secretly, I would rather be napping or fishing. I'm at my finest feeling when alone amid the beautiful desolation of Big Bend.
