A friend's farm near Wisconsin Dells

I was at this farm for a few hours on Friday. It was a perfect day.

The old barn looks like a barn I would paint.

This was the horse I rode. Her name is Sarah too.

Amnesty painting

Yesterday a friend took this picture of me and my painting for Amnesty International. To my right I was being distracted by Ernie, who was getting me to laugh. Soon I'll have to send it to Canada, oh-no. There go my imaginary friends. Getting the check in the mail will help ease my sorrow, ha.

Diversity Cover

A few days ago this came to me from across the big pond. The book was written in Holland. I like the layout.

West of Madison

Over the week-end I have been organizing and cleaning... Yesterday I did have a lot of fun. Here are some pic's I took west of Madison.

The beautiful Wisconsin River , near Sauk City. It was a perfect day to be there, heavenly. Too bad we didn't have suits with us.

Blanca, my goofy dog friend. After going to the beach on the river she was given a bath and looked funnier than usual.

We met this guy on a walk. We have seen him before doing handstands at this school. He wanted me to get a picture of him on top of the jungle gym, yikes!

Help I can't get off my bike!

A few days I bought a new to me bike and I want to ride it all day.
The weather is so nice and there are so many trails to ride.

Today a book came with one of my paintings on the cover. Whenever I get my
camera back from a friend I will post the cover image, maybe tomorrow.

Next time I promise I'll have pictures. Hey women are visual too, ha.

Nancy's Garden

This is a flower from a friend's garden. Last Saturday I was there taking pictures of her flowers and produce.

Here is the painting I'm working on for Amnesty International.

This painting is 30x30 inches. It will be done this month. The painting represents Article 6 in the International Declaration of Human Rights. Everyone in the world is equal under the law, in my own words. We know that doesn't always work out, ha.

Cat Sitting

For the last few weeks I've been cat sitting 2 cats. Here I am with one of the 2 cats. They are very affectionate, they don't yet know I'm the boss, ha. Does anyone know how to train cats, like keeping off the counter in the kitchen??? I'm more of a dog person.

Corn fields

It's August and there are a lot of beautiful corn fields and corn to eat, yum.

For the next few months I will not have a featured artist on my blog.
Sometime next year I will start featuring artists again.

Stay tuned for new artwork and images from my mini road trips.

John Butler Trio, Treat Yo Mama

This is one of my favorite bands. They will be playing here in August.
Respecting women, great idea, ha. Now I want to ride a bike.

Dali Lama and Amnesty International

The last few days I have done a lot of different things, including seeing the Dali Lama give a talk in Madison. Before he came to Madison I helped get the Buddist temple ready, it was lots of fun and I met awesome people. If you are ever in Madison visit Deer Park temple south of Oregon. The temple is outside of Oregon in the country. There are murals, and lots of amazing decorative elements, it's a real gem. Above is part of the inside. The blue is gorgeous!

This month I was picked to paint an image along with 29 other artists for Amnesty International. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was created 60 years ago, which is why we are working on the art. Each artist will represent one of the 30 articles in the Declaration. Mine is article 6. The art work will be displayed for their film festival in Vancouver November 13-16 and later moved to other public buildings. Later they will use the art for promotional material. Of-course I'm very happy about it and will start tonight. In the next few weeks I'll upload the painting.

New Phone Number!

Here's my new phone number (608) 444-2828. My other number is (920) 366-7130.

Move to Madison, new phone number, Ironman, Afternoon Walk...

To view more of Swamibu's photos and about the monk and tiger click here.

Several days ago I moved to Madison and am recovering from driving and lifting heavy boxes. This move was better than the last move, where I had to go to the hospital after a painful injury, ha. To get over my aches and pain I've been walking a lot, like the tiger.

This month or week I'll be getting a new phone number the 920-969-9812 will be replaced by a 608 number. I will be keeping the 920- 366-7130.

If you haven't seen Ironman, it's worth seeing. It's a far fetched fantasy. There was a lot of action and suspense and some humor. There were a few things I didn't like about it, but overall I liked it. Robert Downey Jr. was made for the role.

More about what I'm up to will be posted soon. There is an exciting project I'll be starting soon and waiting to hear back from them any minute, there's more...

Octopus in Madison

After the fourth of July I'll be moving to Madison,
where there are several of these Octopus car washes.

I am both happy and sad. Soon I will be starting a new job
and in the fall taking classes too. I have a pal/exercise partner
there, so we will pressure each other to be active and do a lot more
than go to work, how dull.

For awhile I will not be working on any paintings. Though I'm sure
after a couple of months without I will pick up my paintbrushes again.

Artist of the month, Dan Hardin

The artist for this month is Dan Hardin, a musician from Kentucky. He has a hauntinng voice and is an overall nice guy. Check out his videos on youtube
To view one of his videos on my other blog click here.