I haven’t been painting. For months and months. I feared I might never paint again, truth be told. But my good friend, Kim, saw me through this crisis by giving me the same advice I would naturally give to any of you: even when I’m not painting, I’m painting.
Artistic Process
The Art of Becoming
Like the painter, Beatrice Mandelman, the famous Taos Modernist, coming to New Mexico dramatically changed my art. Prior to arriving here my career had been spent as a realist painter, primarily figurative and genre work. When I first visited Truchas, I was in something of a transition with my work. I was abstracting the backgrounds […]
Weaving the Threads Together
The physical materials that make up these micaceous pieces include, of course, the wood and canvas of my substrate, the plasters I use to create texture. And then the grasses from this land on which I live… … and the precious mica, this “gift of the earth, gift of those who have the privilege of […]
Next I Look to the Earth
I walk on my land across the earth to the shady reaches of the land grant, banked by its wild arroyo, deep and mysterious, until recently unexplored by me. As I wander out there, alone but for my dogs, my eyes invariably fall from the expanse of sky, the sweep of mountains, to the rock […]
I Begin With the Grasses
It’s actually hard to say where these paintings begin because they come from such a deep part of me, from a connection with and respect for this land, from the life I’ve been exploring since coming here. I am different because of this place. Perhaps the paintings begin there—in that difference. But, at least on […]
How To Sell Your Art
As most of you know by now, in all things regarding art, I have some specific beliefs about most of its topics, and this holds true for the issue of selling our art. I realize I’m a bit old-fashioned surrounding this topic, so bear that in mind and know these are just my ideas, not […]
Do You Need to Change?
It is never easy to change—even when we know it is in our best interests. Old ways are deeply learned behaviors that have become embedded in the very fiber of our beings. It is incredibly hard to let go of even just a small piece of closely held self-concept. I know you all know this. […]