Wednesday, December 17, 2008

The Joy of Painting

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The Joy of Cooking was clear. The joy of cooking. Not The Joy of Being a Cook.  The joy of painting. Not The Joy of Being an Artist. I'm...
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Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Everyday Olympians: Tilting at Windmills

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Drop the Ball. Muddy the Waters. Shoot Yourself in the Foot. Tilt at Windmills. Put Off. Turn the Tables. Fake It. These are just a few of t...
Monday, November 17, 2008

Resnickless

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What remains salient at this point, after attending yet another art opening, is that besides never accepting another drink, you just never k...
Thursday, November 06, 2008

The Sun Shines Brightly...

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The sun shines brightly when you're up on a pedestal. It is hard not to enjoy it; it is hard not to want it. The sun shines brightly whe...
Friday, October 17, 2008

Meet Challenges; Have Life

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There is the fork in the road. We never have much more than a split second to make the right turn, the right decision. Similarly there is th...
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 ...