Art Blog Sommelier for Art Connoisseurs
Sep 5, 2024, Thursday—About this art blog. Yes, what about this art blog? Scratch that. New title: Art Blog Sommelier for Art Connoisseurs. That’s better. And how this all started was I was in the studio today before the temp rose to 98F and I fled for my life, and after one of the rounds […]
Kachina Woman Vortex
Sep 4, 2024, Wednesday—Kachina Woman vortex in Sedona. That was the one we decided on. I mean, if you visit Sedona and don’t go to one of the four vortexes, what kind of drip are you? We had scoped out Boynton Canyon the day before, hiking all the way to the cave at the end […]
Yellow Eggs
August 23, 2024, Friday—Yellow Eggs. Yellow Eggs Eating scrambled eggs at 2AMCan’t sleepToo many books, the stories of menthe mad scientists who brought us all the wondersThe expensive miraclesthe cost, oh the cost, the Path littered with bodies because men don’t make bodies I didn’t know their fixation with color, Thought women were the color lovers, but menin […]
Apricot Mallow desert flower of tender mercies
August 3, 2024, Saturday—Apricot Mallow, desert flower of tender mercies. I like the ring of that. This apricot-colored desert flower stole my heart on my trip to Sedona this spring. The flower exudes a very tender feeling. The color is soft, yet it lights up the desert floor gently and powerfully at the same time. […]
Smoke clears from California’s Park Fire
July 31, 2024, Wednesday—Smoke clears from California’s Park Fire. That’s the big news here today. And the good news. The air quality was running 60-80 on the AQI scale today (source: Purple Air sensors, of which there are many in Redding). Which is not too bad. Good enough for painting anyway. So I spent five […]
Mustard Superbloom Finishes Strong
July 26, 2024, Friday—Mustard Superbloom finishes strong. I am happy to report that at long last the painting dubbed Mr. Mustard is ready for its maiden reveal. And you heard it first right here on this cutting edge art blog of the century. Just ask the spammers! They know where to find the goods. Today […]
The Heat of Painting
July 24, 2024, Wednesday—The heat of painting. I seriously am not handling the heat of painting in the heat of the studio very well. This is my second summer in this studio—but seems like my first. While I was out there in the 106F pressure cooker questioning my ability to be productive, I realized several […]
Summer Dressing not for Salad
July 23, 2024, Tuesday—Summer dressing not for salad. That’s right, I’m not here to talk about my citrus vinaigrette baby. We are talking about summer dressing as in actual dresses. Finally, and at long last, after many moons, Owl Moons, Deer Moons, Sturgeon Moons, waning and waxing moons, floods, funerals, heatwaves, intrigues, and integuments, field […]
SOLD! Vineyard Sunset
July 20, 2024, Saturday — Sold Vineyard Sunset. Indeed it did and indeed, it made my day!! Not too often does someone buy a painting sight unseen, artist unknown, without the slightest peep of conversation. I guess when you know what you know and you know what you want, you just press the buttons. Post […]
Same Bed Different Dreams
July 17, 2024, Wed — Same Bed Different Dreams. Do you love this title, or what? I’m reading it right now and wow, I really like this book. About a Korean American writer who wrote one famous book, then quit writing, but is still very much in the Asian literati circle. And therein, in that […]