Tag Archives: painting live

I Painted Another Barristra at Pacha Coffee

January 5, 2009 – 8:53 pm
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I Painted Him at Epoch Coffee

December 22, 2008 – 8:51 am

Unfortunately, I tore the painting.  He is one of those fellows that I never saw again, who actually seemed to be reading and not just pretending to read in a coffee house.  I have a tendency to enlarge noses anyway, so I hope that he forgives me.  I loved his nose – I don’t understand […]

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Painting by Bicycle

October 1, 2008 – 1:23 am

I just got back from painting at Halcyon Coffee House and Bar on Fourth Street, which is about 45 city blocks from my house.  It was a very easy ride with a lot of one-way streets after I entered the university area. I was more careful to pack my crate and balance it after falling […]

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