Austin

A book I read on plein air painting recommended painting shapes, not things. I know what that means. But it’s hard to do. A windmill is a windmill, not a triangle. A tree is a tree, not a sphere. And a cloud is a cloud, not an oval. I found this spot in Kimble County, […]

“Keep Austin Weird!” so goes the slogan. I’m not sure what it means. But I do know there have been more than a few unusual people who called Austin home and made the city a richer place. The German sculptor Elisabet Ney would not have called herself “weird” or even “seltsam”.  She was a talented