Hoof Beats

Cherish the Time it is Never Enough

2009-12-14T01:26:00.007-05:00

Jake's Impression of Quarzite Arizona

2008-06-15T22:38:00.004-04:00

My Stepson's (Jake's) Impression of

Quartzite, Arizona U.S.A.
Now there is a real story behind this particular drawing

and I'm not quite sure where to start.

His mom and I met late in life,

but it was also about the time that Jake took stock in his life

and started into the process of becoming a self reliant

& self defined man of his own. I am gifted by God

because both of my stepsons are

intelligent, artistic, and wonderful young men

Jake knows I am into art

and he is a naturally gifted sketch artist

and like his brother and I,

he has never taken an art class

beyond what is offered in a public high school education

This is Father's Day, June 15th, 2008

today the only one of my children who contacted me and

wished me a happy Father's Day was Jake

Now there are reason's why the others haven't contacted me.

My two stepdaughters are being held captive

in Louisiana by a demon possessed father

and I have only have a natural born son

who was given up for adoption

and we just met each other this last November

Because he had sought me out

He is a wonderful handsome young man

with whom I am looking forward to sharing

a wonderful longterm relationship,

providing Our God is merciful

and will forgive an ignorant childish sinner such as me.

But right now it is complicated for him

and I understand that he must feel conflicted.

Back to Jake: one day when he visited he brought

this wonderful little sketch of this place Quartzite

He is a trucker, and he had a layover in this small town

He said he knew I liked art on the walls,

(especially origenal art) so he drew this little scene

and gave it to us his next visit,

My wife, Jake's mom is delighted that we get on so well

And I feel absolutely privileged to have

these young men in my life

because God gave me the good sense to marry thier mom

One of my spiritual mentors

thought that it was a very unwise move at the time

Well the story doesn't stop here.

We live in Baltimore,

and all my wife and watch is PBS

Now I know all the fashionable rich little

yuppies say that all the time

as they got thier cable tuned to MTV or ....

In the case of my wife I, it is the God sworn truth

We don't have cable at least not yet

we still have an antenna TV

Just got color a year ago or so

Anyway when Maryland Public Televuision

is showing thier regular schedule we pretty much have it on

Instead of running infomercials and begging for money

and showing "once in a life time programming"

for the 100th time

When (in my opinion) they would probably do better

showing their good and sound programs

like Nova, MasterPiece Theater, Bill Moyers, Frontline and Brit Coms

No they run Roy Orbison's once in a lifetime b&w concert

so many damned times I could play the guitar riffs myself

and I haven't picked up aguitar in 20 years or better

I don't want to pick on R.Orbison,

Maryland Public TV runs a whole group

of infomercials and other

once in a lifetime specials in the ground

At times like this my wife and I just tune out of PBS

and listen to books on tape or CD

or even get some real work done sometimes

PBS's regular schedule

features a show called "The Desert Speaks"

A very good and informative show

I would recommend to any viewer

interested in exploring mysteries

the deserts of our planet have to offer.

Once we were watching "The Desert Speaks"

and they were in Quartzite, Arizona

And my stepson did a fine job of representing

the exact scene hat this episode started with.

Including the truck and trailor appearing

right where they are in Jake's drawing

I don't know if he was there

at the time they filmed the show or what but

Thanks for the Father's Day wish Jake,

You made my day

Thank You Blue Dreamer

2008-06-14T07:42:00.004-04:00

SCHOOL

2008-06-02T17:13:00.004-04:00

School

charcoal on 81/2" x 11" paper

by JAS

I could write a book about what this drawing means to me.

I feel such mixed emotions about the conditioning of our children,

and the focus of higher education the world over

My other sites
http://straightruth42.blogspot.com/

http://www.americanflier.blogspot.com
http://aslan-refrigeratorart.blogspot.com/

FaithWriters.com: my writings
http://64.235.52.11/member-profile.php?id=15342
EzineArticles.com index: my articles & poetry
http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=James_Stratemeyer
ImageShack.com: my Art
http://profile.imageshack.us/user/StraighTruth/
MySpace.com:
http://www.myspace.com/stratetruth

LINKS TO FRIENDS:

Allison
http://www.mybloglog.com/buzz/members/dorisday/

ARTIFICIAL LIGHT

2008-06-01T17:23:00.005-04:00

Artificial Light

Charcoal, conte, pastel & colored Pencil
by J.A.S.
May 16,2008

My wife is an expert grocery shopper & coupon clipper

As a consequence I get to spend alot of time waitng outside of stores.

Because I can only stand so much waiting in the stores

& she takes forever.

I have to give her credit, she certainly does cut down the grocery cost.

This setting is a real shopping center near my home.

This is one of my impressions of it.

I did this on a cold, rainy, overcast day while waitng for her.

When I was done all I could do on site,

There had been this Asian man probably just a little older than me,

sitting on a bench perpendicular to mine, we had exchanged smiles, and we seemed to feel comfortable in each other's company, even though there was a considerable language barrier, and it was obvious that we were both sitting outside in the drizzle, waiting for someone to finish shopping.

He seemed pretty curious about what I was doing, but from his seat he not could see my drawing.

This is one of those like really cool things that happen when your out in the neighborhood meeting people in passing and making small talk.

Any way......

As I was obviouly closing shop putting away my pencils and folding my sketch pad, he made it clear that he wanted to see it.

I still had my thumb on the page

and I reopened to this sketch and held it up for him to see.

He looked at the sketch and then at the subject and made it obvious that he liked the style, and I think I made a new aquaintence.

and maybe even a new customer

See also:
EzineArticles.com index:
http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=James_Stratemeyer

http://www.americanflier.blogspot.com/

http://straightruth42.blogspot.com/

FaithWriters.com:
http://64.235.52.11/member-profile.php?id=15342

Other Weblogs & Friends

http://www.mybloglog.com/buzz/members/dorisday/

Denise Sleeping

2008-04-21T22:21:00.016-04:00

Denise Sleeping
Charcoal on 9"x12" paper
by JAS

March 12, 2008
Art Journal:
This is obviously just a quick Sketch,
But some of my friends liked it.
So I figured I would post it.
It is my wife,
who was still snuggled in when I got up that day.
She doesn't like it, she says I made her nose too pointy.
Oh well, maybe I did a little.
I hope you all like it.
It is a pretty fair likeness actually.

Matisse's 1st Oil - Stratemeyer's 1st watercolor

2008-04-21T22:21:00.013-04:00

My first watercolor inspired by matisse's first oil

by JAS

Raven in Flight - Charcoal

2008-04-21T22:21:00.007-04:00

Raven in Flight - Charcoal

by JAS

Denise Lounging

2008-04-21T22:21:00.003-04:00

Denise lounging
by JAS

THE CAT IS IN THE MAIL

2008-04-18T08:12:00.002-04:00

The Cat is in the Mail

by JAS

Summer 2006

FIRST IMPRESSION

2008-04-18T07:12:00.003-04:00

First Impression
By JAS
Spring 2008

Award Frenzy Strikes Again

2007-12-03T19:21:00.003-05:00

This Good Buzzz Award was passed on to us by Colin, a.k.a.

cotojo

The Good Buzzz Blog Award is for blogs that have generated a happy hum in the blogosphere. Whether it be for their blog in general, one outstanding, unusual or controversial post, or for something cool the blogger has done. Or even for recognizing some promising, brand-new blogs and Colin has

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