The 70s, now and then
Self-portrait, thinking that Ray might be asking for one again. Inspired by Steve Martin. The framed photo on the wall was taken of me @ 1978/79 by Lady Ostapeck, and I've incorporated two of the same "props" that I supplied for that portrait: a published transcript of the trial of five "Jesuits and Priests" for conspiracy to murder the King of England (Charles II), from 1679; and what is either a lute reconfigured as a guitar, or an early guitar designed to look like a more "prestigious" lute (aka a "galoot" — hence the word!), probably dating from the late 18th or very early 19th C. I've long been interested in antiques, and at the time my primary hobbies were playing guitar and folksinging, and collecting old books. For this portrait I've incorporated my more current hobby and passion, wine collecting — including my favorite category, old Madeira, with the bottle on the table being my favorite of what I've owned and enjoyed.
The 70s, now and then
Self-portrait, thinking that Ray might be asking for one again. Inspired by Steve Martin. The framed photo on the wall was taken of me @ 1978/79 by Lady Ostapeck, and I've incorporated two of the same "props" that I supplied for that portrait: a published transcript of the trial of five "Jesuits and Priests" for conspiracy to murder the King of England (Charles II), from 1679; and what is either a lute reconfigured as a guitar, or an early guitar designed to look like a more "prestigious" lute (aka a "galoot" — hence the word!), probably dating from the late 18th or very early 19th C. I've long been interested in antiques, and at the time my primary hobbies were playing guitar and folksinging, and collecting old books. For this portrait I've incorporated my more current hobby and passion, wine collecting — including my favorite category, old Madeira, with the bottle on the table being my favorite of what I've owned and enjoyed.