Due to heavy loads at my workplace where I am Developer and Systems Engineer for a large prosecutor's office in Texas, I have not been able to paint or even draw for some time now.  I also have not been able to post anything concerning my progress.

In addition, on February 4, 2013, my wife was diagnosed with ovarian cancer, underwent surgery and chemotherapy, and upon completion of that was diagnosed with breast cancer.  She had rotator cuff surgery in late December of 2013 and will be incapacitated for about six months.

I plan to retire from my employment at the end of March and go into fractional support of computer systems as well as software development.  Hopefully, I can resume my painting efforts as well.  When I do I will resume my blogging.