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 […]

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 […]

Return of Mr Mustard Mercedes

July 16, 2024, Tuesday — The return of Mr. Mustard Mercedes, that was today’s art theme. I braved the heat again today out in the studio and first thing on the agenda was to finish the mustard painting. I just have the sky remaining. “Just”. Hah. Sometimes the sky is the easiest part of a […]