I finally completed a little housewarming gift for my Buddhist, or good as Buddhist, friends in Columbia, Mo. They’ll be coming in this evening for their first visit since moving on to create massive fortune for themselves. Actually, Laurie’s going to vet school and Jim’s an employed and rapidly rising photographer. You can check [...]
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Right after blogging about simplicity and beautiful solutions I discovered that the basement is flooded. It seems the danger is pretty much over, now that the fumes from the upturned gas can, lawn mower, and god knows what all have been aired out. I called a friend of mine who has told me his nightmare [...]
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
 and that was when I was studying linguistics. It is also proving true for art and I am learning to simplify my paintings. By reducing detail I can create a more focused composition. Another art as life metaphor?
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“When I am working on a problem I never think about beauty. I only think about how to [...]
Friday night I took the painting down to Henri’s and began attaching hardware to it. I had to call a friend with a big ladder and lots of upper body strength to come help me get it on the wall. He made easy work of it and I was glad for the help and [...]
The appletini painting is finished. It is titled simply appletini along the left edge, with my initials on the front lower right and more info on the back. I am in between coats of varnish right now and I have gathered together a selection of hanging hardware. I’d like to screw it to the [...]
Coming along fine, I think. I have a couple little things to work out with this piece and needed a break from it to really see it again. Tomorrow I hope to finish it so I can deliver it Friday. If we can get it hung before karaoke begins, I’ll enjoy the first appletini underneath [...]
I’m a bit behind on posting the photos , so here are three progress shots showing how I’ve stumbled my way through the beginning stages. The top one shows where I am with this piece now. This big painting is on a 2′ x 4′ sheet of furniture grade plywood, which I first sealed with [...]
“Dancing is silent poetry.”
- Simonides (556-468bc)
I’ve been doing more dancing than painting lately. Yesterday’s rejection letter for an art competition which would have been a great thing for my career did not help matters any. I have been finding myself a bit bogged down in the business end of things, so this letter [...]
“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.”
Albert Einstein
If I had to choose a religion, the sun as the universal giver of life would be my god.
Napoleon
a work in progress