Gratitude
My apologies for the wonky colors and spacing in this post. I am not sure what is going on, but at least you can read it for now! Andrea mentioned the other day the magic of the internet and computers. She talked about how we meet each other and share our thoughts and ideas in [...]
Emotions and Painting
Growing up in rural Virginia in the 1960′s and early 1970′s, I had very little exposure to art, in general, and no exposure to abstract art of any kind. As a child, my elementary school teachers would give poor grades for coloring outside the lines or for “using inappropriate color”. I always wanted to change [...]
Tuesday’s Bits and Pieces
So I am a sucker sometimes for containers. If they are unusual, then I will consider purchasing them. So this is an ink bottle, and it is full of black ink. I don’t use ink all that much, but the bottle drew me in when I saw it. You, too, can purchase one at Art [...]
Dreams
When you have night dreams, what are they like? Do you have specific images which come to mind and sometimes tell a story? That does not happen to me very often. It has happened from time to time, but I often dream in swirling colors or swirling colored lights. I get the story in some [...]
Hiring An Agent…and A Friday Smile
photo provided by The Associated Press This is Cholla, the painting horse from Nevada, USA. Now I know you have seen other animals who paint professionally, and many of their paintings are similar. I actually think it is rather cool these animals are getting in touch with their creative side. But the thing about Cholla [...]
The Past To Understand The Future
Any of you who have been reading my blog for any length of time know I come to painting via design…interior design specifically. The image above is a basic design project I did which needed to be based on a grid. It is marker on vellum. We all have a great story to tell as [...]
Weekend Ponderings
I just had to share this with you. Yesterday Andrea sent me this photo of the Metro Stations I spoke about in the comment area of the Signs Post. While this is not a sign as we normally think of signs, it clearly indicates this is the way to the Metro trains. Isn’t it fantastic? [...]
Art Review
Recently, Babs has shared on her blog that she did some reorganizing of her studio to try to get back her muse (and this is a woman who once fell off the earth). She found one real treasure as you can see when you visit her, but I suspect she is holding out on us. [...]
Emotions
There is a very good reason I am showing you old work today. I promise…well, aside from the fact that I am still working on the new stuff. I will tell you… On Tuesday, Robert Genn talked about Emotion in Buying in his popular newsletter, Painters Keys. His posting was talking about how he observed [...]
Being "All Over The Place"
As all of you regular readers of this blog know, I don’t mind showing you some of the messes I have made. You are all so kind about them all, but that is not why I show them to you (although it is a great benefit to my head to read the words you have [...]