Perfectionism, Going South, and Do-Overs
I remember a period as a young child when I would break out my crayons and a blank sheet of paper. Before making a single mark, I sat there and tried to get into the mindset of creating “thee” perfect picture. I remember strategizing exactly the first mark to start the drawing. Thinking the first…
Painting Nature
Being in nature for me is about being present in nature. Our humanness, our spirit is in large part derived from nature. For me, that spirit, that quality that we are always a welcomed guest whenever we enter the natural world has never been lost on me. I have had the privilege of exploring the…
Letting Go
One of the interesting dynamics of painting is learning to let go. In painting there are a number of ways and times I find myself having to let go. Actually it has become somewhat of a life skill. Letting go of a good idea. I have something like an art journal of ideas, sketches and…
Painting in a Micro Studio
It is 3 a.m. I woke up to stoke the wood stove and decided climb up to my studio to paint and write. I have commented on my “Tiny” Studio. I had estimated that it was 7 ft. by 8 ft. I just grabbed the yardstick, it is 6 ft. by 7 ft. If I stand…
Research and Development
Sometimes I listen to various business programs and occasionally the topic of corporate R&D product initiatives provideing a strong future for that particular corporate world comes up. In my mind my imagination creates these huge corporate buildings, where deep in the bowel of corridors there is a wing of rooms with a simple sign…
How I Decide What to Paint
In these blogs I share my solitary perspectives of my choice to become a painter. Each painter is different yet the question is the same for each of us as painters, what is it I am going to paint? For myself, each time I engage in the decision process of what I will paint,…
What is it like to be a Colorblind Artist?
Though I don’t try to make a big deal about it, the fact is I am colorblind, red green and brown. What does that mean? Technically that means the cones in my eyes don’t register the colors that many others see. By the way, if somebody discloses they are colorblind, don’t pick up the nearest…
A Philosophy of Painting
I have not formally studied art history or art philosophy. Both of which would provide some greater context to the idea of a Philosophy of Painting, but I will indulge myself by sharing my philosophy of painting which may provide a broader consideration in the work we do as painters. There are moments when I…
A New Path and Some Thank Yous.
Sometimes in life you find yourself stepping off your main path in life and down a different path every so often to see what there is and who might be there and sometimes you find something about yourself along the way. The path I referring to in my life is one of art. This fall…
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