Ebb & Flow

Ahh…it’s January & freezing!!!

Still, I’m in the studio adding in the final iridescent details to the last painting in the Sea Change series.

It’s called “Ebb & Flow”

It’s very deep sea with the most mysterious octopus like creature swirling away.

Just needs to fully dry through the winter before being released into the wild! Just in time for the tour!

So wonderful to be looking forward to an art event…don’t you think? I got on the waiting list to be vaccinated. I’m hopeful I’ll be able to have my work space open this time around for you to visit in May. Lots of creative alchemy going in there!

“I’d like to be
Under the sea
In an octopus’ garden
In the shade
We would be warm
Below the storm
In our little hideaway
Beneath the waves”

— The Beatles

Begin again and again

I often imagine my place in the world as an artist is not just about self-expression but what Victor Frankl called a “dedication to a cause greater than oneself.” For me that is striving to inspire and open a window to beauty.

Many times, I feel very pollyannish feeling this way. It seems naive and ridiculous. Especially in the face of the madness of 2020 that has surfaced in our country. It’s absolutely heart breaking, disappointing, aggravating, irresponsible, confusing, frustrating…I could go on and on but honestly I suspect like me you are all already exhausted.

There is nothing I can put into the words that you have not already read, felt or thought.

What I would like to share…and it maybe that I’m writing this as much for myself as to share with you.

I would like to say we must begin again. Cast aside any energy or anyone that nurtures hate and violence to feed the worst, lowest and ugliest side of our human selves. Focus and refocus again and again on what truly deserves our very precious energy. What we create matters.

Grab your tools. It’s a new year. Begin again.

Be Well.

“For success, like happiness, cannot be pursued; it must ensue, and it only does so as the unintended side-effect of one’s personal dedication to a cause greater than oneself.”

— Viktor Frankl

More Pintalism....Into the Unknown

I continue following the pin-ta-lism pieces into the unknown…

It’s been a lot of paying attention and play. There are some interesting light effects catching my eye when the low winter sun makes its way into the studio. It’s about discovering the magical little changes that light brings more than making a finished piece of art.

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Details

Details

Then there is the shadow play! I have not figured out a way to catch what I’m seeing in a photo…yet. Here are some snaps that give a glimpse of what I’m seeing.

light & shadow

shadow & light

I’m just going to keep following this exploration in photos and see what I can pull out of this experiment. I’m curious to see how it will find a way into future paintings.

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Spectrum series...work in progress

Slowly closing in on finishing the nine Spectrum Series paintings. Sometimes when I look at them I see molecule shapes unraveling in chains. Other times they seem to me to be foggy like the smokey remnants of alchemic explosions.

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It’s really starting to come together but I think it’s calling for another layer or two…it’s got a desire to glow.

Last of the rosemary from the garden…smells so good!

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