Tell and Show
While my sabbatical, and the events leading up to it, have dominated the blog for the last few months, I’ve been getting in some painting time. Additionally, other artistic projects have come to a head, and I haven’t had time …
While my sabbatical, and the events leading up to it, have dominated the blog for the last few months, I’ve been getting in some painting time. Additionally, other artistic projects have come to a head, and I haven’t had time …
I’ve been thinking about detoxification a lot this week. detoxification (noun) Biochemistry. the metabolic process by which toxins are changed into less toxic or more readily excretable substances. The act of detoxifying. I felt uneasy about using detox as the …
Before getting started on this write-up, let me just explain this point: I will not be posting anything that Lesley Humphrey did in the workshop. For one thing, that work is hers. For the second, I worry that whatever protections …
Months ago, I saw that one of my favorite artists, Lesley Humphrey, was doing a workshop January 15-17, 2024, down near her home in Texas. The instant signups became available, I bought my seat, my plane tickets, and my hotel. …
When I was a kid, no one could get me to read a book or draw something unless it was about horses. I had a huge Breyer horse collection. My Little Ponies would do in a pinch. Barbie had a …
I’ll give you three guesses to my state of mind. Here they are. There’s a Cat on My Faberge I’m still in a bit of painting funk. I want to paint, but I don’t necessarily want to paint something. So, …
When I was a kid, my dad would bring home tins of watercolor paint at the end of the school year (he was a middle school industrial arts teacher.) You know the type I’m talking about? Initially, I would have …
In his book “Creativity“, John Cleese posits the importance of play as a creative element. I’ve heard other creatives express some version of the sentiment, usually coupled with a variation on inspiration has to find you working. For whatever reason, …
This weekend I pulled out my sumi ink and pastels to do some exercises as learned by the fabulous Dawn Emerson. I have been thinking a lot about how representational I want to be and my future painting direction. This …
In the interest of getting a post out, this is going to be a random post. How can it be November and just a week or so to Thanksgiving? I think that means December and then January, which is a …