Pearls from artists* # 21
Apartment building, New York City * an ongoing series of quotations – mostly from artists, to artists – that offers wisdom, inspiration, and advice for the sometimes lonely road we are on. It is the...
View ArticleQ: How do you decide on the titles for your pastel paintings?
“Stigmata,” soft pastel on sandpaper, 28″ x 48″ A: Usually a title suggests itself over the course of the months I spend on a painting. Sometimes it comes from a book I’m reading, from a piece of...
View ArticleQ: What’s on the easel today?
Work in progress A: I’m continuing work on “Judas,” a piece I started some weeks ago. A second in-progress pastel-on-sandpaper painting is on the right in the photo above. Comments are welcome!...
View ArticlePearls from artists* # 52
Boat hull * an ongoing series of quotations – mostly from artists, to artists – that offers wisdom, inspiration, and advice for the sometimes lonely road we are on. The modern way of seeing is to see...
View ArticleQ: What’s the point of all of this? Shouldn’t we be discussing how to end...
Lightning Field, Quemado, NM A: I happen to recently have read an inspiring book by Anne Bogart, the theater director. It’s called, “and then you act: making art in an unpredictable world” and she...
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Sri Lanka * an ongoing series of quotations – mostly from artists, to artists – that offers wisdom, inspiration, and advice for the sometimes lonely road we are on. The primary tool in a creative...
View ArticlePearls from artists* # 102
New York, NY * an ongoing series of quotations – mostly from artists, to artists – that offers wisdom, inspiration, and advice for the sometimes lonely road we are on. That a photograph is unlikely to...
View ArticlePearls from artists* # 107
“The Ancestors,” soft pastel on sandpaper, 38″ x 58″ * an ongoing series of quotations – mostly from artists, to artists – that offers wisdom, inspiration, and advice for the sometimes lonely road we...
View ArticlePearls from artists* # 122
Sanur, Bali * an ongoing series of quotations – mostly from artists, to artists – that offers wisdom, inspiration, and advice for the sometimes lonely road we are on. Most significant growth in my life...
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