There is an exhibit at the Philadelphia Art Museum that features about 60 works from Paul Cezanne as well as works of about 17 artists that were directly influenced by Cezanne. There is work from masters such as Picasso, Matisse, and Max Beckmann as well as modern painters like Ellsworth Kelly and Brice Marden, all [...]
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Cezanne and His Influence
Posted in Influences, Painting, tagged Brice Marden, Ellsworth Kelly, Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso, Paul Cezanne, Philadelphia Art Museum on March 31, 2009 | 1 Comment »
He Is the Most Interesting Man in the World
Posted in Neat Stuff, Video, tagged Dos Equis, Geico Caveman, Most Interesting Man in the World, Snickers on March 30, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I kept seeing this ad on television for some time, kind of out of the corner of my eye, never really paying attention. I never really even saw what product was being advertised. All I would think as it was fading from the screen was, ” Why are they using a werewolf as a spokesman?”
Turns [...]
The Heretic’s Uncertainty
Posted in Current Events, tagged Digger Phelps, ESPN, Heretic, NCAA Tournament on March 29, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I don’t know if it’s sad commentary on the world or just myself but I have started to have an extreme distrust of anyone who is ultra confident in their ability to predict what the future will bring. Be it a politician predicting doom and gloom if the opposing party comes to power or an [...]
A Sense of Grace
Posted in Video, tagged Allison Krauss, Grace on March 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
You know, sometimes you forget in your day to day life to stop and just take in the moment, putting aside chores to simply breath. To bask in the sunlight and look at the sky, to feel the world drift dreamily over you. It’s at these moments that you realize the things you’ve been looking [...]
Wayne Thiebaud
Posted in Favorite Things, Influences on March 27, 2009 | 1 Comment »
One of my favorite contemporary painters is Wayne Thiebaud, a West Coast based painter known primarily for his paintings of confections, often in multiples. Things like cakes, pies, suckers, sundaes and so on. Those are the type of paintings that are his signature work and that first introduced me to his work but, while I [...]
Personal Mythology: The Mule Farm
Posted in Biographical, tagged The Mule Farm on March 26, 2009 | 3 Comments »
I’ve debated in my head whether to bring up the the subject of the Mule Farm in this blog for some time. I’m sure my sister is reading this right now and saying, “Oh, no…”
You see, there are parts of everyone’s past that they don’t want to claim but remain influences. The Mule Farm [...]
Entitlement
Posted in Current Events, tagged AIG on March 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’m showing the painting above, Indomitable Will, because I think it illustrates a point that has been racing around in my head for a long time, one that has a lot to do with elemental issues of who we are and what we deserve in this world.
Like everybody else, I have been somewhat engulfed [...]
Big Break
Posted in Biographical, Early Paintings, Influences, tagged Corning Inc., Corning NY, West End Gallery on March 23, 2009 | 2 Comments »
In January of 1998, I was still working as a waiter in a Perkins Restaurant, at the same time painting and showing my work in three galleries. I was still unsure as to whether I should make the jump to going full-time as a painter. Oh, the work was well received and nearly everything I [...]
Sunday Morning Coming Down
Posted in Favorite Things, Influences, Video, tagged Edward Hopper, Johnny Cash, Kris Kristoffferson on March 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Early Sunday morning.
A week or so ago I showed a painting, Nighthawks by Edward Hopper and talked a bit about how this painting, and many of his other works, always reflected to me a sense of aloneness and alienation. On this Sunday morning I am reminded once again of this by another of his paintings, [...]
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