WORD PAINTINGS #113 – INTO THE DREAMTIME
I dream a lot. I do more painting when I’m not painting. It’s in the subconscious. One’s art goes as far and as deep as one’s love goes. It’s all in how you arrange the thing… the careful balance of the design is the motion. -Andrew Wyeth- 29 November 2021 (Llano Quemado, New Mexico) […]
WORD PAINTINGS #112 – DUST DEVILS AND A DOUBLE RAINBOW!
12 August 2021 -Llano Quemado, New Mexico – Early Evening view from my front portal – storm has moved off to Eastern foothills. The sun is coming in low from the West. _______________________________________________ 15 August 2021 – Low rumblings and grumblings – thunder and dark clouds moving in from the eastern foothills […]
WORD PAINTINGS #111 – THIS HOUSE OF CLOUDS AND BIRDS
1 August 2021 (Llano Quemado, New Mexico) – Sleepy Sunday afternoon. Actually a long nap sounds wonderful right now. Waiting for my yard helpers Gerald and Junior. These brothers have been helping me keep up landscape appearances for almost 20 years. Only needed to do the yard once last year – no real monsoon season. […]
Word Paintings #110 – MONSOON
MONSOON – (Llano Quemado, New Mexico) – 6″x8″ Original Oil-Available “Put a man in the wrong atmosphere and nothing will function as it should. He will seem unhealthy in every part. Put him back into his proper element and everything will blossom and look healthy.” ~LudwigWittgenstein 15 July 2021 (Llano Quemado, New Mexico) – 6:30 […]
WORD PAINTINGS #109 – RETURN TO LIFE
17 May 2021 – ON MY EASEL TODAY – Works in Progress (Underpaintings) – RIO FERNANDO (New Mexico) 40″x30″ and LOS CAMPOS DEL LLANO, 24″x30″ Original Oils. 20 June 2021 – 6AM (Llano Quemado, New Mexico) – A month since I’ve posted. Joyfully returning to some semblance of normalcy. This was a week of firsts. […]
WORD PAINTINGS #108 – INTO THE DREAMTIME
25 April 2021 – Llano Quemado, New Mexico – Sitting in front of a blank canvas waiting to make that first brushstroke is exciting-much like opening the first page of a much anticipated book – it is a mystery, a surprise and you never know how it will end ……unless you begin! Real life is […]
WORD PAINTINGS #107 – WITH EYES TO SEE…
28 March 2021 (Llano Quemado, New Mexico) – By definition I am a “studio” painter – which means I bring my source material back to my easel and stay with the work until it is finished. There must be a million ways to make a painting. the key is to just start and […]
WORD PAINTINGS #106 – AWAKENING
13 March 2019 – Llano Quemado, New Mexico…..8:30 AM…..Taos Mountain obscured by heavy clouds, hazy poetry. Brief weather forecast last night – snow in the mountains. It snowed in Denver yesterday. The weather is changing, the time changes on Sunday – everything is Change! Went to the clinic yesterday for my second vaccine – easy […]
WORD PAINTINGS #105 – FINDING SANCTUARY
“The images of peace are ephemeral. The language of peace is subtle. The reasons for peace, the definitions of peace, the very idea of peace have to be invented, and invented again. Children, everybody, here’s what to do during war: In a time of destruction, create something. A poem. A parade. A community. A school. […]
WORD PAINTINGS #104 – MAKING A PAINTING
It takes patience and courage to “become” an artist – the truth is you never stop “becoming”. This is the best part! That blank canvas staring at you from the easel is full of mystery and promise. Then again it might turn out to be the ugliest things the world has ever seen! You will […]
