M.C. Allison

Author: M.C. Allison

  • 12 16×20’s

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    Yesterday I posted 6 16×20’s. I saw the date on the back of a painting, and it stated November, which feels like a while ago. My instinct was right, I did 12 paintings of this size. They were in two batches of 6, and other sizes were also done. I searched my blog, and I…

  • Fred’s Birthday is January 1st 1989

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    Sitting at home alone, watching the rain out of my window on my birthday. I realized we’re not sure when Fred’s birthday is. Fred, our beloved parrot, came into the family in the summer of 1989. They did not give an age. Last summer, as we looked through family photos, we noticed that in the…

  • No Longer a Monogamous Reader

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    I used to tell a lame joke that I was a monogamous reader, in that I only read one book at a time. There are advantages to doing this. Mainly, a reader might read more books that way, rather than starting many without finishing them. Recently, I changed my reading plan to read two books…

  • 3 24×24’s

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    Words below paintings. Enjoy. I’m trying different canvas sizes. 30×40 inches seems a little big, and 17×24 seems small. And 8×10 is definitely small. So, I decided on 24×24. After the purchase, I googled that size and learned that square artworks are handled differently from rectangular works. If I had known, I might not have…

  • 2 30×40’s

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    30×40 is large. Next up I’ll try 24×24, which is square, and apparently different than painting rectangular canvases. I’m also sketching with pen in a 2026 diary book. Art, getting in shape, and living a healthier life are my priorities this year. Writing will take a back seat, but I may write short stories or…

  • Fred is Number one!

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  • 3 24×36’s Completed October 2025

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    Canva is a lot of fun. I plan to step up my web content and paint more art.

  • Read The Playground, and the Use of Grammarly

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    What a perfect novel to review for my first blog post using Grammarly.  I revised my 85,000-word novel with Grammarly, and it’s incredible how much I agreed with the corrections. I averaged ten corrections per page for 280 pages. I need to brush up on my comma usage for sure. I emailed an old writing…