I am sitting in a two-centuries old adobe home that is my art gallery—my gallery with Anna Karin. I love my life as an artist.

When I look back over the last fifteen years of living this artist’s life, to when I began painting again, it is the exact same thing. Simply put, I began.

On August 12, 1996, I picked up my brushes and began to paint again after 26 long years. I remember the day precisely. It was late afternoon in Seattle. A huge storm had blown in and it was pouring down rain. I put on loud music, old Bonnie Raitt, and started making soup. I used […]

We’ve decided we need one last sign—this to go on the canyon side of the road, just opposite our building. You see, we realized that when folks are driving up here, they are looking at the stunning Sangre de Cristo Mountains that rise high above that canyon, NOT AT OUR GALLERY on the other side […]

I just watched, over the last three nights, three amazing biographies: Alfred Stieglitz: The Eloquent Eye, Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision, and The Life and Work of Sally Mann. It was an important time for me to see these because, the fact is, there is something of a let-down, having completed the gallery. We […]

I just watched a movie from Netflix that was unexpectedly inspiring called Morning Glory. In it a young woman was facing obstacles in pursuing her dream. Her mother told her that, at her age, continuing to believe had become an embarrassment. She continued anyway and, through it all, she found a way to be kind. […]

Holy Week, the week before Good Friday and Easter Sunday, is very meaningful here in northern New Mexico. I spoke with Isabro Ortega about it today (see previous post Isabro Ortega: Master Carver). Isabro grew up very religious, very Catholic. He says, “It’s always been a tradition, as long as I can remember, walking to […]