This painting is “A Day at the Park With Bombs.” I’ll be dropping it off at the South Bend Museum of Art this afternoon for the student and faculty show that runs from November 30th 2024 until January 5 of 2025. There will be be a lot of other work there done by folks in the community, so if you are looking for something to do on one of the many gray days ahead, then go check out my work and all the other work that will be on display in the Jerome J. Crowley Community Gallery at SBMA.

I know that as a child when I saw pictures of art I often wondered what the point in going to see the paintings in person was. I’d already seen it, after all. But this painting is 30 inches by 40 inches, and seeing it on a phone or computer screen is not at all the same.

I hope everyone out there is gearing up for a nice holiday. I’m very excited to have my family in town. I can’t remember the last time I had Thanksgiving with my brother and parents at the same time.