painting
November 18, 2009
- I'm an artist by trade and the urge to write came quite by surprise. I've dabbled in it a bit before but nothing as monumental as writing a mystery novel. Writing, I found, and very much to my surprise, was just painting with words. With a brush I can gently stroke indigo blue or vermilion onto a canvas to shadow a face in remorse. The same can be said of the words I brush across a page ...
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November 13, 2009
- After Chagall A man grips a woman by the shoulders On a bed in the open air, a courtyard With a wall no taller than their knees stopping No one from getting in or seeing them there In the middle of a town blue as the sky, An anxious overcast blue, both of them clothed, Both of them solemn and seated, ...
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November 7, 2009
- By the numbers on my dashboard, I see that quite a few of you have visited the art on my media page. I really appreciate your dropping by. For a weekend mini-vacation, I invite all of you to stroll through a fresh posting of my visual art. Come as you are. Guaranteed easy on the feet! The luxury of living deep in the Maine woods brings me fresh artistic inspiration daily ...
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October 18, 2009
- I have an interesting topic I'd like to discuss, and would love to know what others think. First, a few words on what I am reading right now. A great blog called Writers Read asked me this a few weeks ago and they have just posted my answer today - and you might be surprised that it's not all short stories, or even fiction! And, to shock you even more, dear blog readers, sometimes.... I just ...
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October 12, 2009
- Forgive me for posting this as a blog rather than as a comment, but I didn’t know any other way to share an image of my own art. Keiko, thank you so much for introducing us to Kumada Chikabo, an extraordinary human being. I had been depressed concerning my work and reading the interview with this wise man was like listening to the voice of a mentor. “I am like a leaf, floating ...
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October 9, 2009
- “You now have unlimited storage,” says the message when you check your mail. Does everything not have a limit? I may not have to worry about deleting large files, forwards, links…they can all remain where they are. New ones will come and my space would accommodate all of these.You know something? I don’t like it. Earlier when I’d see that marker saying “You are using 60 per cent of ...
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October 7, 2009
- You don’t have to go all the way to Europe to see Michelangelo’s work. In fact, this fall two major museums are celebrating Michelangelo in a big way. A Young Michelangelo in Ft. Worth The Kimbell Museum in Ft. Worth, Texas recently purchased a painting attributed to Michelangelo known as “The Torment of St. Anthony.” As a young man Michelangelo was apprenticed to Domenico Ghirlandaio, ...
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October 4, 2009
- As I walk slowly on the main path of street lined with different craft stands, smells of hot dogs and kettle corn waft through the air. I come upon an artist’s stand, and one painting of a streetscape pulls me in. A bouquet of homes comfortably nestled alongside quaint shops on a hill. I wonder where that is. I really like that. Go ask her.Feeling shy, I hesitate, but push myself ...
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October 1, 2009
- October 1 OLD BOOKKEEPING, NEW PAINTING What will become of the fine lines I use to divide good news from bad? How will I handle a life with no screen to keep the silt from shifting across my personal landscape? A delicate crosshatch had kept little checks in little boxes; now the checks are bouncing randomly, no pattern or restraint. My old bookkeeping has come to an abrupt end, ...
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September 26, 2009
- That's the title of this drawing—I made it last year at this time—its contortions and swirls, soft curves and jagged edges says it all (well to me it does, I still love this drawing)—here I am in this time of my life still exploring the possibilities, reaching higher in spite of feeling tired—putting my foot down and saying "Damn it, I want this—" whatever this is—this ...
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