“The Time Has Come”

 
For every show, I put out a short statement that somewhat describes what I feel the work in that particular show represents to me.  I don’t talk about technique or use any “artspeak”– I just try to honestly express what I see in the work.  This is the statement for my upcoming show at the [...]

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My First Show

As I pointed out in an earlier post, I am currently prepping work for a show that opens next Saturday, October 4th, in Erie, PA at the KADA Gallery.  It’s called “The Time Has Come”  and is about my 20th solo show.  Seems like I should be an old hand by now but I still [...]

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Starting Out: Part II

Let me continue and finish up telling about how I came to be a painter.  I had fallen from my ladder, been injured, started painting with surprising results and became obsessed with improving as a painter. This is all in Starting Out: Part I on this blog.
So there I was painting away, assembling a mish-mosh [...]

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At the Movies #1

I watch a lot of movies in the studio when I am painting, mostly older films from the 30’s and 40’s because of their strong use of dialogue.  That’s important because I can’t always look at the screen.  But the beauty of the language and the way a story is told makes up for the [...]

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Showtime

I’ll talk a little more on how I started painting but right now I want to talk a bit about show preparation.  I do 3-4 solo shows a year, all at galleries that have represented my work for a while and have built up a base of collectors over the years.  These are big events [...]

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Starting Out : Part I

I thought this might be as good a place as any to tell a bit about how I came to painting.  I ‘ll try to keep it short.
I never expected to be an artist.  I mean, I remember thinking at age 7 or 8 that it might be neat to live as an artist, drawing [...]

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In the Beginning: Blog #1

I have never aspired to make my private life available in such a public forum but there came a point where my work was creating enough questions and interest that I felt I should make an effort to talk a bit about the work and how it evolved.  For those not familiar with my work, [...]

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Early Times

These are early examples of my work, from about 1994.  It’s a loose interpretation of the glass factories of my home area, such as those in Corning and particularly Thatcher Glass in Elmira Heights.

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