THE WATER IS FINE

by | Jun 12, 2014 | 1 comment

Above: Detail from “A Bigger Splash” by David Hockney, 1967 I have had numerous conversations this week with friends about how difficult it is to just simply let go of control. It is always hard to do so in life but especially in Art. Of course this is one...

LIMITING AND TRANSFORMING BELIEFS

by | Jun 5, 2014 | 4 comments

Artists and Careers in Art Limiting Beliefs #1 You will be a starving artist. #2 You will not be successful till you have died, and even then this is unlikely. #3 You are a reclusive, uncommunicative person who generally stays inside. #4 A lifetime of angst is a...

ARRIVING AT THE BEGINNING

by | May 29, 2014 | 8 comments

I am coming to the end of an enormous amount of art making. I have produced about 25 paintings in the last 5 months and soon they will all be picked up from my studio for a month long exhibition at Caldwell Snyder Gallery opening Thursday, June 5th. For months I...

THE MISTAKEN APP

by | May 22, 2014 | 6 comments

This is watercolor is of me standing outside the Art Studio at Westerbeke Ranch in Sonoma, California.  I took a break from teaching the ArtLife workshop to see the beautiful afternoon light hitting the Sonoma hills. My friend Wendy took a photo and then from this...

THE SURFACE OF A MUSHROOM

by | May 15, 2014 | 0 comments

I came across these amazing photographs of mushrooms by Steve Axford, a photographer living in Australia. What astonishes me is that even though I have been alive over 50 years there is still so much to see. Just peering into this world of mushrooms fills me with...

ART AND SOUL

by | May 8, 2014 | 7 comments

Detail from “Berkeley No. 33″ by Richard Diebenkorn, oil on canvas, 24″ x 29”, 1955   Even though I have spent since January painting it has really been in the past 4-6 weeks that I have done most of the work. Things have finally gotten...