Blog | Douglas Malan

Italian mountain village

ink, watered acrylic on paper

Backyard

Winter

I enjoy the slowed tempo and muted colors of life in good winter weather. Sometimes I have to fight my urge to add a lot of details...

Alpine vista

My family traces our roots in Italy back to the 15th century. Ancestors left for America long ago. Hiking this ancestral area in the...

Farmer in Piedmont, Italy

Ink, pencil, watered acrylic on paper

Cruisin' Charm City

It had been too long. When spring weather arrived and the opportunity arose, we headed back to Baltimore for the first time since 2019. I...

Béisbol in New Britain: Local minor league team employed barrier-breaking ballplayers

Until recently, if a baseball player from Cuba wanted a shot at playing Major League Baseball, he had to defect from the island with the...

Birth of the Indian "Motocycle" focuses on Middletown, Connecticut

There was a time in American history when people defined themselves as sophisticated, financially comfortable and suitably fashionable by...

Duke Slater deserves your attention

Frederick Wayman "Duke" Slater. 6-2, 207 pounds. All-American at the University of Iowa. Seven-time All-Pro NFL tackle. Lawyer. Judge. I...

The Thanksgiving Table

Thanksgiving should receive its due. Before marketers and businesses reduced Thanksgiving to a financial milestone on the way to...

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