Putting Art Into Each Moment
I am doing art with each moment I can grab. I can’t stop doing it, so I figure out a way. Clearly this provides me with an opportunity to continue learning. Anyway, I don’t have a choice in the matter. This is ink on a wonderful, heavy watercolor I received as a gift a few [...]
Making Changes
It has been so brutally hot here this summer, so I have moved my studio from upstairs to the basement. It is much brighter and larger…not to mention cooler. I am enjoying it and hope to have a few things to show you soon.
Taking Art to the Street and Promoting Peace
This is an image of an installation in Brazil of artist, JR. Tomorrow, 2 March at 5:00 pm Pacific Time, JR will reveal his wish to change the world. He has been given this year’s TED prize and will receive help in making his wish come true. You can learn more about JR on the [...]
Reminders and Gratitudes
You have seen this small triptych before and possibly know it is in the McIver collection in New Zealand. I am showing it to you again to day because once again this small, but incredibly creative and vibrant country has been hit by a powerful earthquake near Christchurch. Unlike the last large one, which hit [...]
Seeking Wise Artist’s Advice
Happy 2011 everyone! Some of my day-to-day challenges from 2010 have spilled over a bit into 2011, however I am working each day to bounce back into my work here. Thank you all for your patience (past and future) and know I will be making some blog rounds in the near future. So when life [...]
Giving Thanks
Happy Thanksgiving Everyone! I know many of you are not Americans, however this is an exciting week for us in the US. We remind ourselves to take a moment to reflect and celebrate all the reasons we are thankful to be here on this earth. No matter where you are, I hope you will also [...]
Studio Music
I have been thinking about music in the studio again because I have been re-reading Joe Fig’s book Inside the Painter’s Studio. I re-read a lot, but this book I find so interesting. During my recent bout of not being in the studio I listened to a lot of music – a lot of Leonard [...]
The Elusive Muse
I am sure many of you have noticed when stresses come to visit us, often our muse decides to say, “I’m outta here. I sure don’t need this.” and out the back door they go. One reason they go is because we do not take the time to call them back. Just like any part [...]
Christchurch Earthquake and The Forest for The Trees!
I would like to take a moment here to say to all of our friends in New Zealand we are thinking about you and wish for you all the healing necessary to get through this horrible earthquake. A frequent contributor to this blog, Lesley McIver (please read her blog post about the earthquake) tells me [...]
Do you recognize the good when you are in the middle of it?
Is our society so involved with the negative that we can’t see the positive? It seems society, as a whole, is so focused on the negative that when we have good times we don’t even recognize them until they have past. If that is so, how do we enjoy each day? I suppose we can [...]