Painters and painting
I’ve been thinking about quantity versus quality lately and for some reason Robert Pirsig’s book –Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance – popped into my head, though it has been […]
All American
As the child of immigrants, living in Chicago in the Thirties, I grew up with kids like myself, kids with strong connections to the cultural traditions of Europe. In the […]
Topsy-turvy
I’m very nearly done with the portrait of Ayalah. . .but something makes me stop. Just a few finishing touches, but what and where isn’t clear. And so I turn to […]
Labor
Coincidentally, three pregnant women showed up in my life at the end of the 90’s and I was moved to paint all of them. (Shown is the portrait of an […]
In the eye of the beholder
All beauty is painful. When you try to squeeze the beauty of nature into a rectangle, you encounter certain problems. How you deal with those problems is painting. Beauty is […]
Vision
Ironically, losing my eyesight has brought a new perception – I see the geometry of painting more clearly than ever before. In the past, it may have been instinctual, but […]
The end of painting
I read recently about a well-known painter who is currently having a major exhibition in New York and what shocked me about the story were the comments – a number […]
In the company of friends
I thought of talking about Matisse this week, but my mind went instead to his teacher, the man who really influenced an entire generation – Gustave Moreau. Moreau was a […]
Painting with intent
There are lots of times when you’re painting that you want to throw in the towel – it’s taking too long, it’s too frustrating, you don’t know what you’re doing. […]
Winter Wedding
It was Oscar Wilde that said something about each man kills the thing he loves – in that case he was talking about remorse, I think. But destroying something you’ve […]
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