Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Surrendering to the Sublime; Part One

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Joan Snyder ; Seed Catchers , 2007, Oil, acrylic, berries, paper mache, burlap on canvas, 36 x 48" There is this place. It is as light ...
Saturday, April 26, 2008

Experience Versus Theoretical Knowledge

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A few months ago someone who worked for the Obama campaign pointed out in answer to a query on foreign policy that the candidate had taken a...
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Saturday, April 19, 2008

The Kiss

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Life kisses us. It just happens. Think about it. Ok, maybe it also kicks us in the pants or teeth. But more importantly, no matter what, no ...
Tuesday, March 04, 2008

John Walker Painting Survey at Nielsen in Boston

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Charred, ashes, a swath of detritus spread across miles and miles of a scorched earth, flotsam and jetsam littering a muddy shore, left behi...
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Saturday, February 16, 2008

The Calling

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My most recent entry mused about that call an artist hears and has to answer; why this of course becomes the artist's calling .  When I ...
Wednesday, February 06, 2008

Making Something of Something

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I was talking to my friend, Ulick Mahoney, at his extensive exhibition of paintings at UMASS Boston's Harbor Gallery yesterday, and one ...
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Monday, December 10, 2007

Exceptional

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My last post warned against the temptation to believe either yourself or others that you deserve recognition. I recommended against ever go...
Sunday, December 02, 2007

Surviving The Fall

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I'm not sure anyone else experiences the fall from grace the way art students do after they leave school, and although everyone graduati...
Sunday, November 11, 2007

No Fear of Painting

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I'll get right to it. Painting is like flying. It is fun. It is free. You can see! You can see better. Or, it's like swimming, which...
Sunday, September 23, 2007

Culpa Minor

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You have to be willing to be bad. You have to be willing to fail. No one tells you this. As an artist you have know this. You are going to m...