A Year With Rilke: Paintings & Poetry & Blogs
Moscow During the Winter, by Leonid Pasternak I recently discovered a blog that couples a piece of art with a Rilke poem for every day of...
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May 13, 2011
Un, deux: The Peace of Wild Things Inspires Them Both.
I have on occasion created two paintings exploring the same concept/composition/palette/poem. Usually a big and small version so that I...
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May 2, 2011
Distance and Depth
Three years ago in May 2008 I signed a 3 year lease at Bay Street Village for a 1200 square foot gallery studio space. My intent was to...
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Apr 30, 2011
Luminous Simplicity
I’ve been working on a series of 18×18 inch paintings for the past 6 weeks–some of them previously posted on this blog. They are minimal,...
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Apr 27, 2011
The Atmospheres of our Existence
And I thought the titles I derived from Rilke’s words were poetic! I’m going to have to use this phrase sometime, the atmospheres of our...
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Apr 24, 2011
Making a World Again
Last year, shortly after painting Making a World in honor of Earth Day, the Rilke poem which inspired this painting (and the 2011...
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Apr 20, 2011
My Color Field Translations
Mark Rothko’s minimalist color field paintings and his method of trapping luminosity through layered thin transparent glazes continues to...
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Apr 19, 2011
Gratitude Painting Nearing Completion
This painting will be donated to Geneva Elementary School. It is nearly complete. After drying for about a week, I will put on a...
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Apr 17, 2011
A Gentle Binding and Releasing
Rilke writes often in his Letters to a Young Poet about the importance of solitude to the creative process and of the challenges we will...
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Apr 15, 2011
Finding Meaning in the Paint Itself
Earlier this week I referenced a post from SlowMuse about What Painting Is by James Elkins. I was able to pickup a copy of the book at...
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Apr 14, 2011
Widening My Circle
Today began with snow–in April. Today I opened my emails to find a most touching note from a friend and collector about my work. And...
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Apr 12, 2011
UnContrived
I aspire to paint atmosphere, emotion, and memory–with oil paint. What one might call the essence or sensation of a landscape, these...
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Apr 10, 2011
The Unity of Dread and Bliss
I have spent much of the day writing the backstories to the paintings that are heading to a new gallery in Seattle this week. Previously...
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Apr 4, 2011
Paintings – Seattle, Me – New Studio
It has been an eventful couple of months–days, in fact. The closing of my gallery (Works on Canvas) so that I can devote more time to...
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Mar 29, 2011
Chance, Memory and Awe
I consider one of the great benefits of being an artist to be the ability to choose my own subject. And if I so desire, incorporate life...
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Mar 24, 2011
unHappy Paintings
A lot of my artist friends are having a very hard time in this current economic climate. Just this week there were many different...
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Mar 21, 2011
A Softness Touching the Earth
Japan has been on all our minds and in all our hearts. There doesn’t seem to be enough capacity in the human soul to witness nature...
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Mar 19, 2011
RePent, ReDo, ReCycle, ReArt
In the spirit of Earth Day, the month of April will find many galleries showcasing Re-art. In my own tribute to the idea of reuse–I...
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Mar 17, 2011
Serenity (Titling)
Serenity 12 x 12 in, oil on cradled gessobord. Rarely do I have difficulty titling a work. The painting at left is the fifth in a...
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Mar 13, 2011
The Peace of Wild Things (Inspiration)
I am beginning a new painting this week that will be dedicated and donated to Geneva Elementary School. It is a gratitude painting to...
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