35,040 days
Dwell time. Little did I know it would last for more than a month. I took myself out of the flow and sat on the banks watching the water turn from a trickle into a brutish force. Worked on small [...]
Dwell time
Ah, the smooth shining surface of a freshly painted board. Sometimes that feels like enough and I don't want to disrupt the beauty of a beginning. (A good reason to paint many boards.) Going to sit with this glistening arena [...]
A stroke of brilliance
It was a stroke of brilliance. Fumbling around in the studio playing with dozens of postcard size paintings. I paint these 4" x 6" throwaways when I have extra paint or am testing colors. Critical to have ways to explore [...]
One Year Ago
What was I working on one year ago? A scroll through my photo album is a running record of what was happening in the studio exactly one year ago. I see the various stages paintings go through as they are [...]
Words from a master
Nuno Olivera was a master horseman. His horsemanship was an Art. He also had a passion for opera. His discipline to mastery often informs how I think about painting. The practice. The set up. I recently heard one story about [...]