I've been painting.  It all started with a comment a friend made at my class reunion.  I showed him a self portrait drawing that I had made.  He asked, "Are you going to paint that?"  I hadn't thought of it before then, but one of the first things I did was get out an old canvas and start painting.   I have never done portraits and it's incredibly difficult.  The first rendition looked like a zombie, but I really was enjoying the process.  So I decided to paint a portrait of my oldest daughter.  She looked like a zombie too, but I finally discovered that it was the skin and shadow tint.  I'm still working on it, but I'm happy with the face.  Then I was able to go back and un-zombie mine.  It took a couple tries, but I think it's OK.  I was waiting for it to dry before adding the wrinkles.....  I posted it under new work at the bottom of the list, but I can't get the damned thing to rotate so it's sideways.  

I've also been trying to produce a painting for my niece.  I may have to start from scratch, but I altered a couple of canvases that I wasn't totally happy with and painted over an old one.  They are listed at the top of my "recent work".  I'm painting again and that in itself is pretty damned wonderful.  Speaking of which, the day is passing and I had better get to the studio.