“It is not our job to remain whole. We came to lose our leaves Like the trees, and be born again, Drawing up from the great roots.” ~ Robert Bly I found myself complaining recently that I was feeling quite scattered. Starting projects, stopping projects. Throwing...
Some years ago I heard the amazing portrait painter, Howard Sanden, talk about his work. He said the most difficult thing for an artist to overcome is inertia… At the time I thought that was a rather cute way to say “just do it.” But now that...
Monday night was the second meeting of the new Artist Guild here in Pittsburgh. How do I know? I am running it. Guild-/gild/noun – An association of artists and craftsmen coming together for mutual goals; often having considerable power. So you may have read...
Oh the happiness of a well-struck red… So continuing my talk about this painting, I was very tickled when I started adding in the light catching on the ends of her hair that came forward in space and caught the light… just a few scribbles really, made...
I have to say the painting I posted last week has been a different kind of painting for me. I was less interested in “perfect” color or even in a perfect rendering than I was in making a statement. It was rather liberating… Sure, I labored over the...
