Several years ago I was about to take a long touring ride on my bike and realized I needed an appropriate hat to take along; one that could be squashed and packed, but easily opened up and used to protect my head from the elements while out walking around, and to hide my biker hair. …
It is now the middle of October and the leaves and acorns are FALLing all over the place in Atmore. Since my last post in August I’ve been busy doing several videos documenting my attempts to perfect my silk screen printing process for printing limited edition prints on paper. The biggest challenge was getting the …
A while ago-prior to the pen and ink stipple drawings of the birds-I started a new serigraph (silkscreen) print based on a photo I took in downtown Atmore of the intersection of Hwy 21 (Main Street) and Hwy 31 (Nashville Ave). At the time I thought it might make a good 4 color silkscreen print …
Some time ago I promised my brother I would do a set of small bird pictures for him, and he sent me some photos of birds he liked. One of his pics needed to be a woodpecker. I started working on these pictures in a style I haven’t used in a while, pen and ink …
Last year, or the year before…I lose track…I was engaged in painting a series of small bird paintings when my brother Avis expressed an interest in having some bird paintings/pictures done for himself. I already had those 4 paintings done but they weren’t exactly what he had in mind. He wanted a woodpecker! And I …
I don’t really understand what has happened to me these last few years. I never had allergy problems before about 10 years ago. Well, I correct that. I had only minor allergy issues previously. Now, as I age, it keeps getting worse each year. Add the pandemic of 2020 on top of that and I …
The story is not long. It could actually be told in just a few sentences. And if you want to take a video “shortcut” just go over to my Youtube channel, “Phil Albritton Graphics“, and watch the 33 minute movie version of this little story. It all began a few years ago when my nephew …