Necropolis

This piece, Seems Like a New Sun, is part of the show currently hanging at the Haen Gallery in Asheville, NC.  It’s a cityscape, a genre I enjoy mainly because of the abstract quality of shape and color that is formed by building up the structures.
At the opening for the show, someone asked if this [...]

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Van Gogh’s Irises

 
The first time I remember being truly struck emotionally by a piece of art was many years ago at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC, long before I ever dreamt of being able to paint.  I came across this Vincent Van Gogh painting, one of his Iris pieces.  It seemed to literally vibrate on [...]

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Christmas Time

I am a product of television and pop culture, having spent innumerable hours as a child glued to the tube.  It was in many ways a classroom where I picked up many details about the outside world that didn’t seem to exist in my world at the time.  That may be a sad commentary but [...]

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Gratitude

  
    “At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person.
Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us.”
                         -Albert Schweizer

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Thanksgiving Appeal

Well, it’s Thanksgiving eve and I doubt I will be able to post tomorrow so I thought I’d put up a couple of things.  This is a piece from 2001 called Seeking Imperfection which was the title piece for my show that year at the Principle Gallery.  The solitary, windblown figure is only used a [...]

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Odd Bodkins Blue Skies

Well, it’s the day before Thanksgiving and I’m in the studio on a wintry morning, getting ready to go to work on a couple of commissioned pieces.  I’m watching a group of deer that are laying down in the yard outside my window, not quite ready to start their day.  My studio is surrounded by [...]

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Thomas Wolfe and Effort

During our stay in Asheville our hotel was located directly next to the Thomas Wolfe house and memorial.  Our room looked directly down on the roof and you had the sense of hovering over it like a ghost or angel flowing over the landscape.  I wished I had heeded the advice of my high school [...]

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After the Show- Pt. II

In the days after a show there is an inevitable letdown, a short time when it takes a few tries and more effort before normalcy returns and you start taking on tasks with full vigor.  I think this has to do with having been focused for a period of time on a specific goal, in [...]

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Asheville: After the Show

Well, I’m back from several days in Asheville where my show opened on Saturday.  While it’s always great to attend the show and meet with the folks who turn up to see the work, it’s always a relief to be back home and to be here in the studio today.  I am a creature of [...]

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Off to Asheville

Well, we’re off to Asheville, NC for my show at the Haen Gallery on Saturday.  The blog will be idle for a few days but I’ll be back Monday to update and tell about the show.  Hope you’ll come back.
I thought I’d leave a piece of film from a movie that I like a lot, [...]

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