Status Report

Here's an image from the soon-to-be-released chapter 3 of Shadow Bay:



All will be revealed within a week or so, probably. The first 2 chapters of Donald Rothschild's noir novel about a sports writer with a gambling problem, a dangerous dame, a persistent cop, and some other noirish stuff, were very image-heavy, & therefore took a long time for me to get the pictures done. We're cutting down from around 30 images per chapter to more like 6-10, with the proviso that when we finally publish this, the "missing" images will be inserted...

My other 2, art-for-sale blogs, an Ayton Artwork a Day & a Silverpoint a Day, are coming nearer to a close. The silverpoint one only has 6 days/images to go, so that will free me up a bit. The other one has about 16 days/images to go, then it will be done. Then I can do some larger-scale work...

New Blog: An Ayton Artwork a Day

This is to announce that I've just set up a new blog, entitled "An Ayton Artwork a Day", where I shall be uploading a small image for sale per day (excluding weekends), for 100 days, after which I shall stop. Here is the day one image:


Head of a Young Man, 2009, china marker on card, 11" x 8.5".

The above image is priced at $120 for US buyers, with an extra $5 charge for shipping outside of the US. Despite the currently weak economy, this might be a good time to invest in artworks — the pieces are reasonably priced.

See also the Silverpoint a Day Blog, in collaboration with James L. Stevenson.