I’m not going to lie, I am vaguely daunted by the concept of the Night Gaunt and am thinking of doing something radically different medium-wise to convey these creatures. Like many of Lovecraft’s...

This week we are closing out the year with Mi-Go, the Fungi from Yuggoth! I have always visualized these creatures differently, but the more I read the more I realized I had it a little wrong. And then I...

I make the drive along Seneca Lake from end to end a few times a month, and now that I have a camera, I can capture some of the beauty I see on my way.  I’m quite excited by this as a lot of Mennonite...

There is a much larger story surrounding my endeavor to make homemade tomato paste.  This story will be told at a later date.  Today, I will just share my triumph of will and patience that led to this culinary...

This week’s inspiration on Love Art, Happy Life comes from the short-lived artist Egon Schiele.  I love the way the guest instructor, Roxanne Coble, gives some context to Schiele and his work through...

Hastur is also known as the King In Yellow and was first introduced by Ambrose Bierce in ‘Haita the Shepherd’ and is noted in that piece as a god of shepherds.  The character was then co-opted by...

My father recently took a course at the local cooperative extension on Chinese Medicinal Herb Production in the United States.  In this talk, he learned about the different herbs that could be grown for sale...

The second canvas I used to practice my abstract art was awful.  I didn’t like it at all.  The colors were blah and I was not pleased.  So, after seeing several YouTube artists ‘just paint over...