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The Poetic Knowledge Represented by Art
Are we attracted to a piece of art because of how it looks–or where it takes us? Being transported somewhere unknown requires more than...
Jul 17, 2014


Giving Courage to a Journey and Validating "the way it is"
One of my favorite poets Naomi Shihab Nye who was a student of William Stafford, says this: “In our time there has been no poet who...
Jul 11, 2014


Chicago’s Fine Arts Building Event
Last month I shipped 5 paintings to Chicago! to be hung in the Fine Arts Building studio of Modern Classics Furniture I’m hoping to...
Jul 10, 2014


SEEKING AN INTERSECTION
Those of you who follow my work may have noticed a change in my output. I’ve been exploring abstraction in addition to painting what has...
Jul 3, 2014


COLOR FIELD LANDSCAPES
I’ve been looking at works of and learning about Helen Frankenthaler recently. She was an early influence on my work, along with Rothko,...
Jun 26, 2014


GREEN THOUGHTS IN GREEN SHADES
I’m continuing my exploration of color, moving on from blue musings to green thoughts in the studio this week. The inspiration coming...
Jun 23, 2014


Inspired by Clouds
There have been a host of exhibits that I’ve participated in lately relating to SKY, ATMOSPHERE, CLOUDS and everything ethereal. ...
Jun 20, 2014


Commissioning a Painting
This year has been the first time I’ve ever considered–or been asked–to create a commissioned piece of work. Not sure why this question...
Jun 19, 2014


Tori Amos, Cezanne’s The Black Clock, Rilke’s 16 shades of blue and Turning 50
This is one of those moments of serendipity. I’ve been ruminating about how to approach a new series of paintings using color, the...
May 6, 2014


An updated Artist Statement for the exhibit Atmospheres
Sharon Kingston Bellingham, WA Visual Artist Luminous simplicity, saying more by saying less, how a suggestion leaves open the door to...
Feb 22, 2014


Exhibit Announcement: Atmospheres at Smith & Vallee Gallery in Edison, WA
I’m pleased to present 8 new works along with paintings by fellow atmospherians Tyree Callahan and Todd Horton at the upcoming exhibit...
Feb 21, 2014


Pinterest Poetry
Social media platforms make many marketing tools available to artists–for free. I know that Pinterest could be such a tool for me,...
Feb 13, 2014


Rilke’s Letters to a Young Poet, Letter 1 and an Upcoming Exhibit at Smith and Vallee Gallery
I received a lovely invitation to exhibit some of my atmospheric landscape paintings for a March group exhibit. The invitation came in...
Feb 2, 2014


2014: The Year of Living Radiantly
My resolution this year is inspired by the Pantone color of the year and very much ties both my personal and art life together. Never...
Jan 2, 2014


Dark Pines Under Water
The liquid slowing of the sleeper, turning inward and looking downward In preparation for my exploration of the 50 north latitude...
Dec 14, 2013


The Numinous Landscape
One must follow the crumbs, notice what you notice… Just this week, a friend posted on Facebook the word Numinous (word porn...
Dec 9, 2013


Space to Breathe
In a few weeks, I’ve got a speaking engagement with a group of high school art students. The topic I’ll be presenting is how poetry has...
Dec 1, 2013


To Know the Tender Gravity of Kindness
My son helped me record this reading of Naomi Shihab Nye’s wonderful poem today. Kindness springs from empathy, as so beautifully worded...
Nov 26, 2013


A Painting’s Progress–how an abstract work unfolds
There was a fair amount of discussion during studio tour about how abstract art comes about. Working without a visual reference means...
Oct 8, 2013


Disconnect to connect
The idea of disconnecting from technology so that we can connect to ourselves–and others–has been a familiar theme lately. Our modern...
Sep 18, 2013
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