I hope my Christian friends are enjoying a wonderful Christmas day. It was sunny and cold here, and quiet, with students away for the holidays.

Stretched a small (22"x28") canvas today, but when I primed the linen it bent into a potato chip, and warped one of the stretcher bars. Frederix lightweight stretchers are too lightweight!

Here's another portrait I'm working on. I'm working on portraits in preparation for a commission I am pleased to have gotten, and also to get in better shape for paiting in general.