Well, it’s here: the final weekend before the Presidential election on Tuesday. I wait, like many, with a mix of eagerness to move ahead in a new direction and with the fear of having hopes crushed. There’s a feeling that this may be a pivotal moment in our history, that this may be a decision [...]
Archive for October, 2008
Yawp
Posted in Favorite Things, Influences, tagged Leaves of Grass, Walt Whitman on October 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Hooker
Posted in Favorite Things, Influences, tagged Corning, John Lee Hooker on October 30, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I remember coming across an old John Lee Hooker album at a used record shop on Market Street in Corning, NY in the 1970’s. It was a beaten piece of vinyl titled Folk Blues. I was just a kid and had no idea who John Lee Hooker was but the album cover had a certain [...]
Rhythm
Posted in Influences, tagged Grant Wood, Southern Tier on October 28, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I’ve always been attracted to the work of Grant Wood, particularly his landscapes. They seemed to have their own life, their own rhythm that runs through each piece. That rhythm is a goal for me in my own painting. It’s hard to describe in words but I equate painting to music in many ways and [...]
Undefinable
Posted in Influences, Quote, tagged George Braque on October 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
“There is only one valuable thing in art: the thing you cannot explain”
— Georges Braque
This is a quote [...]
Work Ethic
Posted in Influences, Technique/History, tagged John Irving, Olympics, West End Gallery on October 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This is a piece called “Labor to Light”, a smaller piece that is at the West End Gallery in Corning. It features one of what I call my icons, the field rows running back to the horizon. To me, they represent the act of labor and its fruits- the work ethic which has been very [...]
Labyrinth
Posted in Influences, tagged Labyrinth on October 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This doesn’t have a lot to do with the day to day aspects of painting but it has much to say about how I see the journey we call life. The path to the center leads through twists and turns and sometimes one feels tantalizingly close to the goal at hand only to find in [...]
The Ballad of Tom Joad
Posted in Influences, Video, tagged Grapes of Wrath, John Steinbeck, Tom Joad on October 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I watch the film version of John Steinbeck’s “The Grapes of Wrath” a couple of times a year in the studio and am always moved by this scene. I think it fits well in this current environment. I want a president who feels the pain and the longing for justice and [...]
Hopes
Posted in Influences on October 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I don’t want to make political statements with this blog but as I watch this presidential campaign churn onward I am struck by the difference of tone in the message put forward by both parties and reminded of a question that I have been asked at several gallery talks through the years. [...]
Foundation
Posted in Painting, Technique/History, tagged Gesso, Painting, technique on October 13, 2008 | 2 Comments »
My head’s been swirling lately with things I thought I would never have to know, things that I never could imagine would impact my life- derivatives, Credit Default Swaps, leveraging and deleveraging, etc. There seems to be a huge disconnect between how the media generally portrays what this financial crisis really entails and how the [...]
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