It's a Friday night and I thought that I would post this mixed media painting of a chicken. Look familiar? This is actually the first attempt at the chicken that I posted earlier. There are times that I start a piece and decide for one reason or another that it is not going in the direction that I desire it to be going. I put this one aside and painted the earlier posted Chicken. I have since revisited my original and reworked it. I never throw away my mistakes. I cut them up , I repaint them, or I visit them at a later time with a fresh outlook. I personally like the appearance of this reworked piece a little better than the earlier piece. I thrive on solving problems. This undoubtedly stems from my forty years of trying to help students find success in their work. There were many days that I found myself encouraging students not to give up on their work. I hope that this "revisited " chicken illustrates the ability to find success in what was thought to be a failure. Here's hoping that when you are confronted with a problem that you think is a lost cause, you will try a new solution.

As I write this I close with a personal, but very public, message to my kids....... Dad is very proud of you and your families. How lucky can a man get!!!!! xoxo