In the throws of winter here.

It's a frosty winters day and we are dead in the middle of winter.  I have a friend coming over to paint.   We motivate each other and actually jump starts our creativity.  I have started several paintings this winter and yet to finish any of them.  So will pull out the canvases and panels to finish some work to show you.  

Below is a photo of nearby park's frozen lake...Burr -20 degrees last week...we are due a thaw!

The latest from the Hathaway Studios, James Gun!

22" x 28" Oil on canvas, a study. We really had fun with this one.

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Today is my 20,000 Day on earth! Happy 20,000 to me!

This is a cloud formation, I saw when I looked up into the sky tonight...on my commute home. There are 5 in this series...Was it a sign from Mom and Dad, our Maker or even my beloved Wayne and Brother Jim saying we love you. Beautiful gift on this 20,000 day on earth! You can look at the other photos by double clicking on the image.

Banksy with the Hathaway touch...

I bought this Banksy from a gallery in Manchester, England. Described as a photo on canvas 40" x 24", was really interesting to my eye...so I bought it for James for Valentines day. It came in a tube and we streched canvas on to boards. But kept looking at it just seemed so bland and grainy. Since were artists we added our own touch in oil...here is the Banksy with the Hathaway touch. Done except for stencil I am making that says Hathaway Studios! The rebel has been had .

Ikebana International Floral Exhibit

Here is a video of a Floral Exhibition we attended at the Chicago Botanical Gardens May 31,2008. Ikebana, a Buddist practice that goes back 600 yrs. It developed from the Buddist ritual of offering flowers to the spirits of the dead.

The varing forms of ikebana share certain common features, regardless of the period or school. Any plant material - branches, leaves, grasses, moss and fruit, as well as flowers - may be used.

What distinguishes ikebana from simpler decorative approaches is its asymmetrical form and the use of "empty" space as an essential feature of the composition. Here is the Ikebana International show and demo...As shot from Exibit hall at the Chicago Botanical Gardens...Enjoy. S

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We have the rights to bare arms! Cook Cty. does't think so

This is a gun I did last fall...if my friend and client Jeannie had a gun she might have been able to save her self from her Grandson that tried to strangle her, smother her, then she kick him in the groin...then he knifed her and set her on fire for her $7,800 settlement????????????????? She died...stupid, stupid stupid stupid!!!!!!!!!!!!! She was god fearing woman I miss her already!!! Yes a gun better than a cane to defend yourself with...A gun for Jeaninne!!!

Watercolor with digitalize face...this is spooky

Watercolor one of my favorite mediums...This watercolor took on a very eerie feel when the face as digitalized...not only to disquise the watercolor getting away...but turned out really cool. Double click on it and it will take you to a second watercolor from this series...it is on the right of it.