Mary M Pike - My Mom

Meet my Mom, Mary Matherne Pike. My mom is 84 and in excellerating stages of Alzheimers. As many of you know, I have been taking off half a day on Fridays to take care of her, but with the rapid decline in health, I am going to be taking all day Friday and most of the day Saturday to take care of her. So as a result I won't be around to make my posts a keep my social media platforms moving. Thankfully I have a sweetheart of a 14 year old daughter who will help me during this time by making posts here and on many of my social media sites, namely Google+ and facebook. So you can look forward to my sweet Hannah to make some posts as she can without it effecting her school work. Thanks so much to all of the people who follow and support me and things will get back to normal as soon as I can make it happen.

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Joseph Phillips Hiking The Pacific Crest Trail

Check out my step-son's PCT Bolg and Hiker's Journal. Joseph Phillips is hitting the Pacific Crest Trail today and plans to hike it from end to end.  Ah to be young. Joseph, or Ragin' Cajun as they call him on the trail, is 21 years-old and by the time he finishes this trail in four to five months he will be 22. We think it is great that he is trying to accomplish what relatively few people attempt. A hike from Mexico to Canada. If he does not do it now, the chances of it happening dwindle quickly. We will be following Joseph as he stops a resupply points along the way and updates his journal. Join us as we enjoy his youth with him by subscribing to his blog by email: http://pct-2013.blogspot.com/.

Of course, such a trip does not happen without support. Joseph will stop along the way where he will pick-up resupply boxes of food and necessity items. If you would like the help him reach his goals, follow the donate link on his blog and make a PayPal donation and be sure to send a message as well. We will use the money to purchase items for his resupply box. He will probably go through 3 pair of hiking shoes before it is over so any donation amount will be appreciated.

Map to the Pacific Crest Trail

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Leon Panetta - A Caricature Study

This is a caricature study I did of Leon Panetta, the 23rd United States Secretary of Defense. No particular reason I chose Panetta. He just has some great features for a caricature and the source image has great detail. directly below is the source image used and beneath that is the work in progress (WIP) that I posted on facebook and Google+.

 Google+ Post "What's on the Wacom" #whatsonthewacom

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BB King - The Real Thing

Today I'm posting yet another caricature study of BB King. I'm not very pleased with the final outcome but it is what it is. I'll take what I've learned and move on to the next project.

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Jason Seiler - A Caricature Study

Today I'm posting a caricature study of Jason Seiler, an Illustrator and Fine Artist at the top of his game. Jason is the King of Political Satire and has been featured in just about every major magazine in the world. The source image was one he posted about a year ago and held a caricature contest but I wasn't able to participate, besides some caricature artists don't like me very mush simply because of my present choice of medium. Well, maybe one day they'll come around. Regardless, this is my personal tribute to a man I admire and look to for guidance and inspiration. Be sure and check Jason out on facebook and subscribe to his blog. He's very active there.

Jason Seiler Source

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April Fools - 2013

April Fools!!!

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