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 […]
WORD PAINTINGS #103 – A WANDERING MIND
FIRST SNOW (Truchas, New Mexico) New 40″x40″ Original Oil – Sold 16 October 2020 – Llano Quemado, New Mexico. Can you believe it? Only 18 more days until the election! Morning memories, thoughts are sometimes very powerful. Today a connection was made to my childhood comparing that time to these last four years of […]
WORD PAINTINGS #102 – MAKING SPACE TO CREATE
Creativity begins with the heart and mind….however there is so much more to making a painting than hopes and wishes….. Here is the first in my series of “sharing my painting secrets” blog posts. Back in the day I created and taught a very popular workshop called “The Craft of Painting”. Artists and newbies came […]
WORD PAINTINGS #101 – SECOND THOUGHTS
9/23/20 (Llano Quemado, New Mexico) – Yesterday the United States reached a turning point of over 200,000 deaths from the Corona virus. It was 191,000 when I wrote the following blog post on the 9th. In light of all the losses this year – jobs, incomes, fires, hurricanes and all the ever-emerging human tragedies at […]
WORD PAINTINGS #100 – TODAY IS ALL WE HAVE
DON GREGORIO’S WINTER FIELD – 48″X36″ ORIGINAL OIL 23 August 2020 (Llano Quemado -Taos, New Mexico) – Life is uncertain. Taos Mountain is obscured by smoke from the raging fires in California and Arizona. The Medio fire that began in Tesuque near Santa Fe contributes to the soft blurry haziness. My neighbor’s forty or fifty […]
WORD PAINTINGS #99 – LISTENING TO MOUNTAINS V – Birthday Girl!
COSME’S OAKS – Friend Cosme Romero Mayordomo of Truchas for many years LLANO QUEMADO – TRUCHAS, N.M. – September 3, 1984….We had a party! My 44th birthday celebration. Made pots of green chile and posole, nachos, tortillas – and many, many margaritas. Pedro Ribera Ortega the local geneologist and historian sat under the portal for […]
