New solo show from Iakov Afanassiev

May 2026

Opening May 22 at The Leyton Gallery of Fine Art: Where the Light Settles, an exhibition of Afanassiev’s luminous realism in portraiture, florals, and landscapes.

Stop by and take in this artist‘s fine, lovely paintings. 6 Cliff’s-Baird’s Cove (across from the courthouse).

Image at top: Misty Reflections (detail) (oil n canvas)

Rae David George Guy and Goliath

Somewhere early on I decided that the only course was, perhaps, to giggle the bastards to death. That too, I soon found, was slow and steady work, like the tomcat…

Is a seal a fish?

We’ve often heard that none less than the Pope, or a pope, or the Bishop, or a bishop, decreed that seals were fish – not meat – opening a food…