A place belongs forever to whoever claims it hardest, remembers it most obsessively, wrenches it from itself, shapes it, renders it, loves it so radically that he remakes it in his own image. –Joan Didion *********** My friend Linda from Texas one day in her blog brought this quote from Joan Didion to my attention [...]
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Place and Memory
Posted in Biographical, Favorite Things, Quote, tagged Forestport NY on September 21, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Before…
Posted in Biographical, Early Paintings, tagged 9/11, Principle Gallery on September 11, 2011 | 6 Comments »
Back home, safe and sound. Sweet. First, many,many thanks to everyone who came out to the Gallery Talk at the Principle Gallery yesterday. You were a great group and made my time in front of you very easy and enjoyable. I hope I was able to pass on somethings you might not have known or answered [...]
Another Labor Day
Posted in Biographical, Influences, Opinion, tagged Labor Day on September 5, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Just another Labor Day, the annual holiday here that marks the end of the summer. Most of us don’t even think for a moment about what the name of this holiday anymore, don’t realize that this holiday was meant to honor the trade and labor unions that have been so demonized in recent years. I [...]
Bradford County
Posted in Biographical, Early Paintings, Technique/History, tagged Bradford County PA, Early Paintings, Ralph Fasanella on August 15, 2011 | 2 Comments »
I was going through a pile of old work, mostly rougher stuff from when I first started painting that had small glimpses of promise but lacked real spark or cohesiveness in the way they came together, when I came across this piece from 1994. It’s about 12″ by 16″ on rough Arches watercolor paper and [...]
Ego
Posted in Biographical, Opinion on July 28, 2011 | 2 Comments »
I was asked yesterday what I was going to speak about in today’s gallery talk at the West End Gallery. I kidded that I was going , of course, to speak about me. Me, me, me. I went on to explain how I approach these talks, trying to read the group in attendance and finding [...]
Working Hands
Posted in Biographical, Personal Mythology, tagged Fat Jack on July 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I have always regarded manual labour as creative and looked with respect – and, yes, wonder – at people who work with their hands. It seems to me that their creativity is no less than that of a violinist or painter. -Pablo Casals ****************** I came across this shot of working hands and it made [...]
Mission
Posted in Biographical, Influences, Quote, Recent Paintings, tagged Principle Gallery, Viktor Frankl on June 7, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Everyone has his own specific vocation or mission in life; everyone must carry out a concrete assignment that demands fulfillment. Therein he cannot be replaced, nor can his life be repeated, thus, everyone’s task is unique as his specific opportunity. ——Viktor Frankl ********************** The words of Viktor Frankl, the WW II concentration camp survivor who [...]
The Weak In Between
Posted in Biographical, Recent Paintings, tagged Principle Gallery on June 3, 2011 | 5 Comments »
Well, the show for this year’s Principle Gallery show is delivered. Everything went smoothly yesterday and I was home by late afternoon. The only thing for me to do now is wait for the opening next Friday. I know that this is something I’ve written about here before, this time in the interval between delivery [...]
The Powerhouse Mechanic
Posted in Biographical, Favorite Things, Personal Mythology, tagged George Eastman House, Lewis Hine on May 24, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I just love this photo. It’s a classic from around 1920 from the great Lewis Hine, the photographer who is best known for his photos of children at work in the mines, factories and fields of early 20th century America, images which aided in the crusade for child labor laws. Hard to believe but nationwide child [...]
Pre-Deja Vu Moment
Posted in Biographical, Neat Stuff on May 19, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday I was working in the basement of my studio which is set up to accomadate the matting and framing operations for my work. It’s a finished space that is decorated in a typical 1960′s fashion with woodtone paneling, a drop ceiling and carpeting with a geometric pattern that has brown mustard as its main color. It [...]
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