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The Art of Illusion 12 Jun 2011 | 10:47 am
transits 122, photograph “I no longer worry whether a painting is about something or not. I am only concerned with the expectation, from a flat surface, of an illusion.” - William Scott All art is ...
Creating the Story 20 May 2011 | 03:19 pm
transits 123, photograph “We become who we are by virtue of the choices we make … about which parts belong to the story, and which parts can be left out.” - Ted Orland, The View from the Studio Door...
Critical Thinking 16 May 2011 | 08:45 am
waiting, photograph “We all have our limitations, but when we listen to our critics, we also have theirs.” - Robert Brault It is important to remember that critics have limitations, just as artist...
Learning How to Focus 1 Apr 2011 | 11:21 am
ancient urban 4, photograph “Sharpness is a bourgeois concept.” - Henri Cartier-Bresson I have a strong preference for photographic images that are partially out of focus. They seem to reside in th...
A Leap of Faith 23 Mar 2011 | 01:18 pm
ancient urban 3, photograph “Its not that we need new ideas, but we need to stop having old ideas.” - Edwin Land What is your relationship with your past? With work you’ve done before? With the wor...
What is Real? 20 Mar 2011 | 11:19 am
hands 4, photograph “They are imbeciles who call my work abstract. That which they call abstract is the most realistic, because what is real is not the exterior but the idea, the essence of things”. ...
Show Announcement! 12 Mar 2011 | 04:52 pm
vapors 7, photograph I’m excited to announce I will be having a one person show starting March 31st through mid-June at the art gallery at Thumbprint Cellars in Healdsburg. This is a wonderful venue ...
Why, not How… 10 Mar 2011 | 01:19 pm
hands 3, photograph “The moment a man begins to talk about technique that’s proof that he is fresh out of ideas.” - Raymond Chandler I really don’t like to talk to people about how I’ve done a part...
Representin’ 2 Mar 2011 | 07:11 am
hands 3, photograph “I wished to copy nature. I could not. But I was satisfied when I discovered the sun, for instance, could not be reproduced, but only represented by something else.” - Paul Cezan...
Out on a Limb 24 Feb 2011 | 05:11 pm
vapors 54, photograph “Why not go out on a limb? Isn’t that where the fruit is?” - Frank Scully I have mixed feelings when creating new work that is new and different. First there is the excitement...
