http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/kevin-callahan.html?tab=blog Kevin Callahan - Fine Art Blog http://www.fineartamerica.com/artistlogos/A6967-7298-Logo1.jpg http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/kevin-callahan.html?tab=blog Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:06:49 GMT http://fineartamerica.com/blogs/notes-on-a-safari-1.html monkey, Monkey, MONKEY! By Kevin Callahan In the year 2000 my wife and I had the lsquotrip of a lifetime.rdquo We were in South Africa for the International AIDS conference. Karenrsquos company sent her as part of her job and I got to tag along... Mon, 23 Jun 2008 06:48:09 GMT http://fineartamerica.com/blogs/making-donuts.html By Kevin Callahan A few days ago a friend sent us a new set of knives. Theyrsquore beautiful knives, sharp as razors and ready to do the job. In the process of cleaning out a drawer in which to store them I found it. Itrsquos only a little piece o... Mon, 16 Jun 2008 09:10:55 GMT http://fineartamerica.com/blogs/pig-headed.html By Kevin Callahan It was late in the afternoon when I pulled my steaming 64 Impala into the farm. About 5:00 PM most likely. As usual after my last Friday class I had gassed up and sealed my leaking radiator with a wad of chewing gum and hit the... Fri, 06 Jun 2008 12:03:51 GMT http://fineartamerica.com/blogs/its-never-too-late.html Itrsquos Never Too late By Kevin Callahan While chatting with friends the other night I was reminded of a favorite story. Itrsquos one I have told many times but I will be happy to tell it once more. The story is about my wife Karenrsquos grand... Wed, 28 May 2008 07:09:46 GMT http://fineartamerica.com/blogs/phone-home.html Phone Home by Kevin Callahan In my home today I counted thirteen working phones. This includes our two cell phones plus a fax phone, but does not include the old waiting-to-be-used again phones in storage. Nor am I speaking of my kids cells as ... Sun, 18 May 2008 20:47:53 GMT http://fineartamerica.com/blogs/counter-checks.html Counter Checks You know how when you look through binoculars backwards everything is smaller and far away' Thatrsquos how reflecting on your life sometimes seems to me. We all remember our past with a certain gauzy nostalgia, that simpler life we ... Mon, 12 May 2008 06:53:07 GMT http://fineartamerica.com/blogs/underground-railroad.html Underground Railroad I have always loved history, especially the history of the Early American West. Perhaps itrsquos because I was born on the edge of the West, or perhaps that my own great-grand father was an early settler in Iowa after the civi... Mon, 05 May 2008 06:34:32 GMT http://fineartamerica.com/blogs/the-strange-case-of-the-cat-who-ate-her-breakfast.html The Strange Case of the Cat Who Ate Her Breakfast By Kevin Callahan The 6:00 AM alarm hadnrsquot yet begun itrsquos dutiful jangle when I rolled over and hit the off button. Irsquod been woken by the sound of the shower for as usual my wife was... Mon, 28 Apr 2008 16:45:23 GMT http://fineartamerica.com/blogs/artist-in-residencepainting-the-gratitude-girlstepbystep.html Artist in Residence-Painting The Gratitude Girl I had a request from another artist on FAA to show my ldquoprocessrdquo for completing a painting. I hasten to say this is how I do it and in no way do I suggest it is any better or worse than how an... Mon, 28 Apr 2008 16:43:56 GMT http://fineartamerica.com/blogs/artist-in-residencebegining-to-paint.html Beginning to paint As you can see in this photo the charcoal has left me all the pertinent lines I need to begin the painting. Some of these areas may be redrawn using a charcoal pencil. The original photo (I shot) is attached to the canvas for re... Mon, 28 Apr 2008 16:42:36 GMT http://fineartamerica.com/blogs/gratitude-girlthe-painting-progresses.html The Painting Progresses Once the skin has been painted to near completion, eyes, lips, and ear are added. At each stage I revisit the next day and make minor adjustments where I feel they are needed. The sweater is blocked in using black then scra... Mon, 28 Apr 2008 16:41:24 GMT http://fineartamerica.com/blogs/artist-in-residence-nearing-completion.html Nearing Completion It has been just over five days and the painting is nearly complete. Today (with student help) we tackle the camo on the hat. In this photo you can see that we drew directly on the canvas with paint tubes. The vibrant colors aga... Mon, 28 Apr 2008 16:40:09 GMT http://fineartamerica.com/blogs/glazing-the-skinnearly-done.html Glazing the Skin The final step in completing the Gratitude Girl is glazing the skin. I use a VERY thin mixture of Cad. Red Light and LOTS of water. Using a soft watercolor brush I coat the skin ares. As you can observe it looks terrible as it goe... Mon, 28 Apr 2008 16:38:51 GMT http://fineartamerica.com/blogs/the-final-painting.html The Gratitude Girl A huge thank you to Joe Lanni and his talented classroom of artists at the Columbia Middle School, Berkeley Heights, NJ. I had sooo much fun. Mon, 28 Apr 2008 06:28:54 GMT http://fineartamerica.com/blogs/life-on-the-farm.html I wrote this story in the mid 1990s for my sonrsquos 3rd grade class. Parents were invited to write a story and then read it to the class. This was my story. Life On the Farm Kevin Callahan I was born in 1953 in Lenox, Iowa, a small town in th...