How important are the visual arts in our society?  I feel strongly that the visual arts are of vast and incalculable importance.  Of course I could be prejudiced.  I am a visual art.

                                          Kermit the Frog

Although this painting is not finished I thought I would take a few minutes and post some "in progress" photographs.  I am finding this one to be quite challenging as far as the shadowing goes.  The photograph I am working from is almost a monotone as it was taken with a strong flash eliminating practically all the shadows.  At any rate there is quite a bit of modeling left to do on the pots and more deepening of the shadows behind them.  Couldn't resist the Kermit quote!