This is an oil portrait, 6"x6", of my good friend Colleen Ross, a remarkable painter of beautiful women. We have never met, but I used a grainy photo to paint from and she actually loved it. I haven't painted in a year and this was to get my feet wet.

What I have been doing is publishing my humorous detective novel, LIE LIKE A WOMAN, on Amazon.com in both trade paperback and Kindle format. LIE LIKE A WOMAN is the first in the Bree and Richard Matthews mystery series. It's a terrific read if I do say so myself and I'm working on the second in the series, DIE LIKE A MAN even as we speak (blog).

I've also got an author's page now on Amazon with my syndicated blog from wordpress.com. Writing two blogs might end up being a nuisance, but I don't publish my artwork in the other one; it is strictly about writing...