JIM STINGL

Photos: Jim Stingl - 94 years old and still sketching Milwaukee scene

Bob O'Meara, who was an Associated Press journalist for nearly 40 years, also has been a lifelong painter. He shows a watercolor titled "Wash Day," which features blowing sheets on a farmhouse he drove by once and painted the scene from memory. He has a show of paintings dating to the 1950s at the Catholic Home where he lives now.
Bob O'Meara, who was an Associated Press journalist for nearly 40 years, also has been a lifelong painter. He shows a watercolor titled "Wash Day," which features blowing sheets on a farmhouse he drove by once and painted the scene from memory. He has a show of paintings dating to the 1950s at the Catholic Home where he lives now.
Rick Wood, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Cathy Anderson of Wilmette, Ill., a classmate of Bob O'Meara at UW-Madison, greets him at his show at the Catholic Home recently.
Cathy Anderson of Wilmette, Ill., a classmate of Bob O'Meara at UW-Madison, greets him at his show at the Catholic Home recently.
Rick Wood, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Bob O'Meara has created many watercolors over the years, but now at age 94 he mostly does sketches like this one of the Wisconsin Club last summer.
Bob O'Meara has created many watercolors over the years, but now at age 94 he mostly does sketches like this one of the Wisconsin Club last summer.
Anne O'Meara
Bob O'Meara (right) and his daughter, Anne, squeeze together for a selfie at the Milwaukee Community Sailing Center during a visit to make sketches.
Bob O'Meara (right) and his daughter, Anne, squeeze together for a selfie at the Milwaukee Community Sailing Center during a visit to make sketches.
Anne O'Meara