Great Egret at Bombay Hook

Folks seem to enjoy looking at paintings, drawings and assorted artwork more than just reading a lot of yadda-yadda, talk, talk, talk, etc.  So here are a few more paintings and drawings that I did.

Great Egret at Bombay Hook (Delaware).  Acrylic on canvas, 38" by 50".

This is a female blue crab, called a "Sook" by Chesapeake Bay waterfolk.  Oil on canvas, 24" by 36".

Sycamore Leaf.  Oil on canvas, 24" by 24".

Dangerous Don on a bad day.  Ink on paper.

Dangerous Don on a good day.  Ink on paper.



Hope you enjoy these pictures!

Zhicheng's Published Articles

Zhicheng has published several articles on economics, and in particular on the need to reform the way in which governments make "tax expenditures".   Which is when a government hands out subsidies to favored taxpayers through tax breaks.

http://www-wds.worldbank.org/servlet/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2006/05/23/000016406_20060523092056/Rendered/PDF/wps3927.pdf

Zhicheng and me

This is a photo of me with my wonderful wife, Zhicheng.  The photo was taken in June, 2005, by our good friend Susan Lewis.

Zhicheng was born and raised in Shanghai, China.  On the day she was born, in the spring of 1949, her mother could hear artillery fire in the distance. It was Mao's army, which had just crossed the Yangtze River, closing in on the city of Shanghai.  A few weeks later, Mao's troops were marching through the city.

Zhicheng's family name is Li.  It is the second-most common family name in China.  Literally, Li means a plum tree.  The Chinese character for Li is a combination of the character for tree and the character for child.  The idea is that plum trees are popular with children, who come to the tree to pick ripe plums.

Sewing A Strawberry

Here is an oil painting (16" by 20") that I did a few years back.  It's an illustration of the old saying: "Never throw out a strawberry when you can still fix it."