I am in the final days of preparations for my show, A Place to Stand, which opens next Friday, June 8th, at the Principle Gallery in Alexandria. This always seems to be the most tedious part of my job, at least while I’m in the midst of it. The painting is set aside and long days [...]
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Archaeology: Future Past
Posted in Painting, Recent Paintings, tagged Alexandria VA, Archaeology, Principle Gallery on May 29, 2012 | 1 Comment »
More Than Ordinary
Posted in Painting, Quote, Recent Paintings, tagged Internal Landscapes, New Painting, Quote, Robert Henri on May 21, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
The object of painting a picture is not to make a picture– however unreasonable this may sound. The picture, if a picture results, is a byproduct and may be useful, valuable, interesting as a sign of what has past. The object, which is in back of every true work of art, is the attainment of [...]
Almost Blue
Posted in Favorite Things, Influences, Music, Painting, Recent Paintings, Video, tagged Chet Baker, Diana Krall, Elvis Costello, Principle Gallery on May 18, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
A new painting that is headed for my upcoming show , A Place to Stand, at the Principle Gallery , opening June 8. This is a 12″ by 36″ canvas that carries the title Almost Blue, a title taken from the great Elvis Costello song. I often talk about the color blue as being addictive, about how difficult it is [...]
Sovereign Solitude
Posted in Painting, Recent Paintings, tagged Alexandria VA, New Paintings, Principle Gallery, Sovereignty on May 16, 2012 | 6 Comments »
I’ve been getting work ready for my upcoming show, A Place to Stand, which opens June 8th at the Principle Gallery in Alexandria, VA. This will be the thirteenth consecutive year that I have had a solo exhibit there yet it still induces a certain fear and anxiety, feelings that my own common sense tell [...]
In and Out of Rhythm
Posted in Painting, Technique/History, tagged Darth Vader, Edvard Munch, Failure, Rhythm on May 11, 2012 | 4 Comments »
Failure is inevitable. Success is elusive. -Steven Spielberg *************** I’ve written in recent posts about that rhythm that sometimes comes when I am readying work for shows, a deep groove filled with a self-regenerating energy that feeds on itself. Just a wonderful feeling when I can stop for a moment and relish it. But sometimes during [...]
Beeswing
Posted in Music, Painting, Recent Paintings, Technique/History, Video, tagged Emotion, New Painting, Painting, Red Tree, Richard Thompson, Subject, Video on May 9, 2012 | 2 Comments »
I wrote the other day about the rhythm I’m looking for when I’m in the studio, that groove where the painting is more instinctual than intellectual. Everything flowing fast and easy with little thought, each brushload of paint inspiring the next and on and on. All intuition and reaction with hardly a thought given to [...]
Blue Sovereignty
Posted in Painting, Recent Paintings, tagged Archimedes, Principle Gallery, Recent Paintings on May 7, 2012 | 4 Comments »
I’m in the midst of finishing up work for my upcoming show at the Principle Gallery early next month. This show, my thirteenth there, is titled A Place to Stand , after the famed quote from Archimedes, and opens June 8. I’ve written here over the past few years about the process of working towards a [...]
Humble Home
Posted in Painting, Recent Paintings, tagged Ecclesiastes, Humility, New Painting, The Byrds on May 3, 2012 | 4 Comments »
This is a new painting, a 16″ by 20″ canvas, that I am calling Humble Home. There’s a real crispness in the color of this piece, both in the clarity of the hues and in the way they react to one another. It has, for lack of a better term, a real snap to it. The form of [...]
String Theory
Posted in Painting, Recent Paintings, tagged New Painting, Red Tree, String Theory on April 30, 2012 | 1 Comment »
I call this new painting String Theory. It’s a 20″ by 40″ canvas that is simple in design but has great depth of color and a strong underlying texture that gives it added dimensions. It’s a striking piece in the studio, especially given its larger size, with its saturated tones and the thick spiral bands that run through [...]
Abstracted
Posted in Biographical, Painting, tagged Biographical on April 27, 2012 | 7 Comments »
Yesterday was one of those odd days in the studio. I have been extremely busy at work recently and, as a result, have found a nice deep groove, one of those creative rhythms where each new effort inspires the next and new ideas are shooting out all over the place. Everything comes easily and is [...]
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