The media has always fixated too much on the suicidal murderer. In memory of the victims of the Von Maur attack in Omaha, NE: Dianne Trent John McDonald Gary Joy Janet Jorgenson Gary Scharf Maggie Webb Angie Schuster Beverly Flynn My deepest condolences to your family and friends. Rest in peace.

Pendola Portrait

I took on a portrait commision in late September for a Dec. 2 deadline; a surprise birthday gift for a good friend.

I ordinarily wouldn’t work from client-supplied photos, but this is one of the cases where I had to; the other being posthumous images.

A week before the deadline I sent a photo of the nearly completed work-in-progress and the clients response is copied here verbatim:

Oh My God!
Tim I have tears in my eyes.