DC Door
Sweet Little Door in Washington, DC
A little door found while walking through a DC neighborhood. I couldn’t resist doing this little doodle. I continue with some sketching through these hot summer days and consider the goodness of slow art. I hope you are staying cool.
Warm is not the word to describe the temperatures in the US northeastern cities this week -over 100 F(37 C +) and humid! This painting describes perfectly what it feels like outdoors here. I hope it is cooler where you are! I am trying to remain calm and meditative at the moment. The air conditioning [...]
What Does A Painting Mean To You?
As you know from my previous post, I am enjoying Peter Clothier’s book, Persist. There is so much packed in this tiny book, I wonder if I will ever stop contemplating it all. One of the subjects he brings up is how visual artist have it hard because this is one area where often the [...]
Still Working Intuitively
I recently had another beautiful email from my glass artist friend, Lesley McIver, in Golden Bay, New Zealand. We were talking about our work and how grateful we were each day we step into our studios when she wondered if I was still doing my intuitive art. The truth is, I can’t stop doing intuitive [...]
Versailles Door
So this is my version of a door we passed by when Elizabeth and I went to Chateau de Versailles just outside of Paris. I have thought long and hard about this post and have decided I am not going to bore you with our photographs and my “architectural importance” dialogue. Instead, I am going [...]
Closing and Opening Doors!
When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.
Helen Keller
Open and closed doors happen all around us. Do you immediately begin to search for the open doors when a door in your life [...]
Doors are so important!
Just a short train ride from the center of Paris is the home of artist, Claude Monet. On a beautiful day, Elizabeth and I went to Giverny in Normandy France to visit these gardens which inspired Monet. Indeed they are inspirational and every way you turn, there is an exceptional photograph to be taken.
You [...]
Research Update
I have been traveling a little bit for my research and the home city of this bridge has played an important part of the work I am doing. Do you know this bridge? Do you know the city? I traveled here with my daughter and one night we took a boat ride down this river [...]
Does Creativity Dry Up?
This is the final product of the WIP in the previous post. While it is not the main series I am working on at the present, it clearly informs that work and allows me the opportunity to keep questioning as I move the main series forward. Do you work on multiple challenges in parallel?
I wanted [...]