Printing in the Studio Setting up the mannequin for a photo shoot The Printing Studio The Screen that prints the Shirts I learned screen printing at University, for my major, Painting and Printmaking. Later I wanted to sell shirts in my Shop, and realized I would have to make them myself! So I got the gear and returned to screen printing. Liquid ink is used, whereas these days most shirts are iron-ons, with the art created on a computer. My designs are drawn out by hand, and I make the screen, a lengthy process. Because it's liquid ink, I can...

Scottish Landscape Painting: There is a restaurant facing the Clyde River near Glasgow, Scotland. This Summer we had good Scottish food there, and a view of clouds over the river. I took too many pictures so I could revisit the cloud layers with watercolor, later. The image above is my first attempt and is most like the original scene. My idea is that you can break down any landscape, or any scene, really, into shapes. So where I tried to get the houses and church on the opposite shore, my second attempts became more simplified. Finally, I got tired of...

Back after Summer Break: Restocking! You could say it is bad planning that I am now in Fairfax and Arlington more than in Alexandria! Only because I have so many Alexandria-themed shirts, paintings, note pads, cards... The up-side is that I have expanded my t-shirt designs for the new locations. I feel it gives me more flexibility with being able to set up in new communities and meet new people. It turns out, retail is actually about the people. I miss customers who I used to see at West End Market! Once a month, I am at Gustave Art Market...

Yellow Dot Shop May News 2026 In Arlington Now Painting Sold Summer Hats! At Arlington's Pike Park Market My neighboring county Arlington, Virginia is full of interesting people, places and things. And yet I have never been in a market there - until now! This May I tried out Columbia Pike Farmer's Market. It is in Pike Park at the corner of S. Walter Reed Drive and Columbia Pike. They have shade trees, live music, lots of good vendors, and they have been there for thirty years! They have been under new vigorous management since last year, and I was...

My April Fool's Post.  For April Fool's Day I like thinking up a clever way to show off the Shop logo in unexpected places! Some years ago, I pasted my logo onto a photo of a Target store. I wouldn't really want the Shop to be as large as Target, but it was fun to picture it. This year April Fool's Day was right before the beginning of baseball season. DC's fairly new stadium makes a great place for the Yellow Dot logo, and my software can make it look pretty real! I was not the only jokester - there...