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Plein Air Friends
Yesterday I had the opportunity to spend a few hours with my plein air buddies… I really enjoy that group of dedicated artists. We each have our own unique style and process for interpreting the...
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Contemplation
I’ve been doing some reflecting and listening today. As it happens I learn a lot about myself and others. Knowing I wanted to write, I found myself in a bit of a fog with regard to what I was...
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A Symphony in the Morning
Waking each morning to greet the day, I must admit at times I am rather slow-moving. As I walk downstairs to my kitchen and put on the water to prepare my cup of coffee or get ready to go for a run,...
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Passionate or Crazy?
Over the past few weeks I have been reading a lot about Vincent van Gogh and my appreciation for the man and the artist has grown. Like many artists, van Gogh is an interesting character with a lot of...
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At the Orchard
Plein-air painting is one of the most challenging things I have engaged in creatively speaking. For me it’s a constant journey into the beauty of the unknown. This begins with the adventure to new...
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Up Close and Personal
I suppose every attempted painting calls for getting personal. For me it’s always tied to my own life journey and in some way sharing something about myself in the context of a moment. I don’t...
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Your Life Is Your Art
To all the creators in the world…keep on creating and loving what you do!
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Abstract Expressionism
What is an abstract expression? Isn’t all art on some level an abstraction of the artists experience with the subject no matter how they decide to represent it? What I find compelling about Abstract...
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Reason to Create
“…And if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium and be lost. The world will not have it. It is not your business to determine how good it is, nor how valuable it is; nor how it...
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Significance of Shadows
As an artist I often see and look for shadows as a guide. These are some of the ways in which I find them helpful in life and in my art. They can help create form. They add an opportunity to explore...
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Women Impressionists
Last week I visited a show called “Coastal Impressions” Painters of the Jersey Shore 1880 -1940. It’s a small show with a lot of spirit. The 120 select works of art tell a story of significance and...
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Reworking Art is that “Upcycling or Recycling”
Having just “reworked” a painting of mine yesterday I was thinking about this process and then it dawned on me as to whether this might be like “recycling” or “upcycling”. To be honest I’m not sure I...
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The Color Purple
In one of my posts last week on color I mentioned experimenting with violet/purple. As luck would have it, I had the opportunity to join a few friends to work on the still life you see here where one...
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Grounds For Sculpture
There are so many ways to interpret this title “Grounds For Sculpture”. What I like about it is that it brings up a lot of questions and gives me a framework of consideration and perspective. Some...
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Youth, Heart and Art
This quote by Picasso says a lot for me. In so many ways it draws me to the beauty and uninhibited creativity of a child. The pure unadulterated joy of taking paint, a crayon, a marker or whatever...
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Grateful Rejection
Submitting my paintings to juried shows comes with some hesitation at the inevitable possibility of “rejection”. For a long time I let this aspect of being an artist limit me. The fear set in and...
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An Artists Life
Things breakdown. I don’t like it when it happens to me. My life is full of daily happenings and challenges just like anyone else’s. For me, things breaking down always seem to come in clusters, when...
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Plein Air Adventures
Having the opportunity to paint in the “open air” with my plein air group is something I relish on Sundays. That’s just the beginning. inevitably I almost always have the equal benefit of meeting new...
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No Time For “Thinking”
Spontaneity is an invigorating adventure. Last week I ventured out to do some painting toward the end of the day. After driving around for a bit I just needed to make a decision and park myself...
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