Dan Pink and The Artist’s Life
Do you know about the work of Dan Pink? I first read his book, A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future. In this book he talks about how creative types have something computers cannot duplicate and how that is what the future is going to need in order to survive and to [...]
Keeping Me Going!
Often I paint and have no idea where things come from. I know they are a part of me and they just need to express themselves, but while I am working I never really know – sometimes, I never know! Recently I have been going through my photos of our time in Europe, and I [...]
Life’s Mirror
Sometimes when we look closely into life’s mirror,
the layers reflected back are ones we do not want to see.
Sometimes we have worked so hard with those layers
they sparkle back at us.
What does your mirror reflect?
My reflection has been dull, however all of that is changing. I can see the sparkle returning. The hardest part for [...]
Needed: Word Bridges
bits and pieces – a work in progress
Do you ever have days when you are trying to make connections in your head, but can’t quite get there? All that wants to seem to come out of you is visual, but the words all seem to belong to others? I have several things which I have [...]
“La Bella Principessa” and Me
more than meets the eye?
As I look at this work in progress, I wonder what I am leaving behind I do not know about. What am I sharing with the future? Am I giving unintentional information? I am thinking about this because of the recent uncovering of what appears to be a previously unacknowledged Leonardo [...]
The Power of Art
I love the work of Marc Rothko, so when I found this series of videos done by the BBC and Simon Schama, I had to share them with you. Schama does a whole series on The Power of Art which includes similar discussions on Caravaggio, Bernini, Rembrandt, David, Turner, van Gogh, Picasso and Rothko. If you [...]
Organic Painting
No, sadly this post is not about organic paint, although I wish I could write a post about that. That is, organic paint which is also archival. In reality, this is about the appeal of form.
It is the time of year when many of us in the Northern Hemisphere traditionally head out for a holiday [...]