This week’s art is actually new. I painted it Saturday night and Sunday morning.

Saturday, your humble blogger had a few things planned, but they were things to which my knees were not up. So I decided to take it easy. However, it was a beautiful day and I knew that my beautiful wife would like to go to Flatwoods to buy some beautiful FiestaWare. And I could relax in the car while she drove.

Not being the driver meant that I could grab a few photos on my camera, and what you see above is a composite of a couple of those, painted in acrylic on illustration board, with some experimental stippling courtesy of some cheap markers. Because it was essentially a day of rest for me, I included the rest area sign. What started out as a simple attempt to cheer up a friend who’s going through a lot became a source of inspiration for this piece.

Capturing that blue in the sky was the key to this. It almost looks as cool as it did in real life.  Actually, I think mixing the paint was more than half the battle with this one.

It came out pretty damned nice considering that my MG was acting up too. The stippling looks great, but after an hour of that my arms felt like I’d been lifting heavy weights for a week.

Better the artist should suffer for his art than the people looking at it. I may take this to canvas at some point.

To see this week’s art bigger try clicking HERE.

Over in radioland, Monday beginning at 2 PM on The AIR, we bring you a classic episode of Psychedelic Shack, and then at 3 PM an also classic edition of Herman Linte’s weekly showcase of the Progressive Rock of the past half-century, Prognosis.  You can listen to The AIR at the website, or on the embedded radio player elsewhere on this page.

Psychedelic Shack can be heard every Monday at 2 PM, with replays Tuesday at 9 AM, Wednesday at 10 PM, Friday at 1 PM,  and Saturday at 9 AM. You can hear Prognosis on The AIR Monday at 3 PM, with replays Tuesday at 7 AM, Wednesday at 8 PM, Thursday at Noon, and Saturday at 10 AM.

At 8 PM you can hear the Simpsons sing on a classic episode of The Comedy Vault.

Tonight at 9 PM for the Monday Marathon we bring you ten hours of Sydney’s Big Electric Cat, focusing on a few special theme episodes.