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A Walk in the Woods 9 Jun 2010 | 03:13 pm
I live in Vermont halfway up a hill. Being an artist is a quiet life and mostly I like it that way because inside my mind and imagination things are anything but quiet. I have more ideas for paintings...
The Empty Boat(s) 7 Mar 2010 | 03:10 pm
“This notion of Emptiness thus...concludes that all known realities are constructed realities whose identities are merely intellectual conveniences used to order the world so that it can be understood...
Tougue; Cheek 1 Mar 2009 | 02:47 am
Emphasis on cheek, or rather cheekiness. This is a study for The Feast of Venus and properly belongs on my other blog, but I've gotten in the habit of posting here. I'm thinking of calling it The Jo...
Nulla Dies Sine Linea 7 Feb 2009 | 09:31 am
No, this is not one of my fellow AOA refuseés after getting The Call. It is a drawing from this week's life drawing session. Nulla Dies Sine Linea is the motto of the Art Students League. It translat...
Free at Last 4 Feb 2009 | 05:04 pm
So. 12 hours of tears* followed by 12 hours of just feeling bad, and now I feel...great! Though I didn't make the final cut for AOA I think I raised my profile in the arts community in this state and...
Moonrise, revisited 22 Jan 2009 | 06:57 am
Pastel is not my medium, but every now and then I grab it when I need to think in color and don't want to get out the oils. This is a study for "Moonrise, Fire in the Valley". I like the dimensions be...
Blog Ambition 18 Jan 2009 | 05:31 pm
Last night I spent three hours writing a blog post. The post was meant to be a little philosophical gem about the Art of the Future. I sat down at the computer, flipped through my mental notes, clear...
Life in Vermont 8 Jan 2009 | 09:31 am
Some studies I've been working on for the Game Supper: an African American woman at a table; a couple of figures in conversation; a farmer taking a break from pouring coffee. Here is something I love...
Moonrise 27 Dec 2008 | 02:36 pm
On December 12, 2008 the full moon was supposed to be the largest in decades (don't ask me why or how - maybe Dana Wigdor knows) I'd been nursing an idea for a painting of the Mettowee valley flooded...
Another Life 19 Dec 2008 | 02:29 am
Last night I took a break from Art of Action Madness and went to my local life drawing group. The Pawlet drawing group is something that Tom and I started about ten years ago. We meet at the library ...
