I was inspired by Dutch artist Rosa de Jong and her floating worlds, so I gave it a try. I decided to make an obelisk with a black cat on …

Here is another vintage painted sign for my model railroad, this time for a winery. It’s a paper decal that I sanded so that it was thin enough to show …

Grew up with trains. Not the real kind, though. Not at first. There’s a photo of me at age one, playing with a push train on the floor. Brio-style. Plastic …

Carville by the Sea was a strange and wonderful part of early San Francisco. Retired horse cars and cable cars turned into homes, social clubs, and more. People bought them …

Ever stumble across one of those vintage electronics shops online? The kind with pages of old parts and mystery boxes full of vacuum tubes—stuff you don’t need but suddenly can’t …

I had mentioned in a previous post that I wanted to create a balcony for one of my small buildings. I’m happy to report I’m almost all the way there. …

A few years ago, Joyce and I restored the house at 623 32nd Avenue in San Francisco’s Richmond District. It wasn’t the real house—just a 1/12th scale dollhouse model. Completely …

During the spring and summer I fish for halibut at Crissy Field beach at least once a week. Over the years I’ve caught some nice fish there up to 12 …

I’m always finding new ways to practice art daily, and it helps to find things that I can finish in under 30 minutes. One material that’s easy to cut and …

I love miniatures and I wanted to try painting a waterlily in the style of Claude Monet. I found out that you can get gold-colored dollhouse picture frames, so that …