March 2010 NEW PAINTINGS! Had to happen sooner or later. Click on the thumbnails to load the full views of the paintings. At left is a portrait of my late father, Lester "Smoky" Halonen. To the right, a piece of social commentary, not my usual forte but I felt compelled to produce a message piece for a change. Dad's painting has to dry for three months yet before I submit it to the photo lab for digitization. Giclee prints will be available soon after... probably early July.
 Still haven't purchased a new camera and now my trusty laptop has expired after seven years exceptional service. I'm eyeballing a pricey Canon EOS and I'm intrigued by the specs on a fully-loaded Alienware M17x. Take it from me – you can't appreciate the exceptional resolution of a WUXGA display until you've had one die. 148 native dpi is like staring at a softly glowing piece of silk. I especially like the 512 Gb solid state hard drive! Never did get the sense behind a glass disk spinning at over 5,000 rpm. One ball bearing goes bad and disaster ensues, especially considering the cavernous storage capacity of current hard drives. The fewer moving parts the better.
These paintings join the others in my NEW Paintings Gallery. The older artworks there aren't really all that new. I'll make a point of spending more time putting my webpages in order as soon as I get a decent computer. The little box I'm working on at the moment is a temporary stopgap at best. Worthy of note is that all four paintings in the NEW gallery are done on Duron, a thin super-pressurized, lightweight, ultra-rigid hardboard. Artists, take note. If you prefer painting on wood panel, you might consider giving Duron a try. Just prep it as you would prep untempered Masonite hardboard. Check out my LINKS page for more info and a supplier link.
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