Ronald Reagan, gate 33

Monument detail

"... It is sometimes called the City of Magnificent Distances, but it might with greater propriety be termed the City of Magnificent Intentions."

-- American Notes, Charles Dickens

Full painted image view from gate 33

Capitol detail

Last Sunday return times from D.C. at Ronald Reagan airport, looking back from gate 33, over the Potomac River towards the Capitol building and the Washington monument.  A unique viewpoint for me, and a perfect opportunity to try the newer layers on adobe ideas after finally successfully merging from the old versions...

Meeting and presentation in D.C. for Gensler University

...from Thursday to Saturday of last week, the Gensler University group held meetings and discussions that led to the creation of a presentation at noon on Saturday.  There was such a wonderful explosion of creative energy and thoughts within the group breakouts and it was fascinating to participate in the assembly of the best ideas into a one hour synopsis of five months of research and investigation.  More to come in the very near future...

This painting created in adobe ideas on the ipad captures the set up and the audience with video links to other gensler locations.

DENVER B42

A trip over to the East Coast depends on a change of planes in Denver, and some time to paint Gate B42 and the snowy white terminal roof beyond...

Mendocino Album

A selection of the painted views from the long weekend in Mendocino, top center create with procreate and sketchbook, bottom center done with procreate, the flanking images drawn with adobe ideas...

Street scene with windmill in Mendocino

...almost every house and building had a windmill, used to provide the power to pump water up into the redwood tank water towers for supply and pressure.  Some of the windmills are still standing relatively intact, sentinels and distinct markers in the town silhouette along with the water towers.  Another adobe ideas piece on the traveling ipad...

Mendocino Memorial weekend times...

A visit back to the town of Mendocino, with views from an upper deck out beyond the edge of the town and to the blue grey ocean beyond...

IIDA Pioneers of Design Event with Yabu Pushelberg...

IIDA event with the Kimball sponsor group, front row seat and a wonderful op to see and listen to the fun  and enlightening dialogue between Yabu Pushelberg and Cheryl Durst, held at the Herbst Theatre in the city of cool grey love...painted with adobe ideas app ipad version...