Pics and Random Stuff: January 2012

Sunday, January 29, 2012

Caricature Drawing

A caricature of someone I work with. He's a huge Steelers fan...hence the Ben reference. (I did not draw this, but it's a pretty good likeness).

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

My friend Chris from work rents a barn for his horse. The barn has a lot of flea market and garage sale stuff in it from the previous renter. He invited me and V to rummage through it to see if there was anything we might like to have...no charge...most of it is kinda junky, but we did manage to find some stuff we thought we would want to have (clean up, fix up, whatever) and among them was this old bowl. It was worn and had some ugly paint along the inside rim. V spent some time sanding all the ugly off and getting it smooth for restaining. We think it's a handmade bowl since the bottom has a flat spot. (That's kinda cool). I restained it with a stain sealer and now it's a really nice bowl that sits on the dining table with potpourri in it. The pictures show the transformation and final result. I love it~thanks Chris!!!!

Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Warren Wiebe (July 18, 1953 – October 25, 1998)...simply talented and one of the best vocalists ever...

Warren Wiebe became a session artist and lead singer for David Foster's band after being discovered by David Foster (and Burt Bacharach) while he was performing on Valentine's day in 1987 at The Bonaventure Hotel in Los Angeles. He also continued performing solo in various venues until he became wanted by many music producers and composers to sing on demo productions and studio albums. Sadly, Warren had never recorded an album of his own before his suicide in 1998, but he can be heard on a number of other artist's albums and demo recordings. He is considered by many to be one of the greatest vocalists of all time. I happen to agree.

' Voices That Care' (David Foster & Linda Thompson) Demo here