Main Street #1, or ‘The Antique Shop,’ is on the easel in this photograph. I had a couple of good, long sessions on it today. I’m having fun painting the bric-a-brac in the shop window. Vermilion is a lake-front town (biggest concentration of small-boat marinas on the Great Lakes) and many shops have a nautical theme, like the one in this painting with its carved sea captain, stuffed parrot, and anchor.
The unfinished ‘Main Street #1’ on the easel
Later today, we are celebrating my son Keith’s 15th birthday (his birthday is actually tomorrow). After Keith was born, my wife became a full-time mom for 12 years. She stopped working at the right time. She was working in the World Trade Center when she quit Merrill Lynch in 2000.