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“Mountain Ranges” 8x14ft mural acrylic on stucco 2008 “The Enchanted Ceremony” circa 8′ x 8′ acrylic on bus Just found out about 1 hour ago that I was accepted in the 1st Annual Great American Muralist Competition in Tucson, AZ from Sept 30-Oct 2, 2011. This obviously is a huge deal for me on different levels. [...]
It’s midnight as I’m writing this. I just have a need to write at this hour. Maybe it’s the silence of the hour, the calm darkness that spreads across New Mexico.
Josh, age 3 Last time we met here, I introduced you to “The Art of the Breakup”. Now, I would like to follow that up with a few provoking thoughts. As artists, we are incredibly sensitive creatures. Life imitates art, art imitates life. We don’t know whom imitates whom, but we carry on like the [...]
Is changing your art style like breaking up with an old girlfriend? You have a certain history together. You wine and dine, play around in a good way of course. You know how to push each other’s buttons. There is an array of emotion involved. You invested your emotion daily, weekly or monthly and hope [...]
They said it couldn’t be done. Well at least the voices in my head kept sayg “When are you just going to do a painting just for fun?” Well here’s one of them, An oil on my sketchpad, An imaginary landscape. Maybe a new direction, at least with a new double primary palette. Not [...]