Moscow During the Winter, by Leonid Pasternak I recently discovered a blog that couples a piece of art with a Rilke poem for every day of...

I have on occasion created two paintings exploring the same concept/composition/palette/poem.  Usually a big and small version so that I...

Three years ago in May 2008 I signed a 3 year lease at Bay Street Village for a 1200 square foot gallery studio space.  My intent was to...

I’ve been working on a series of 18×18 inch paintings for the past 6 weeks–some of them previously posted on this blog. They are minimal,...

And I thought the titles I derived from Rilke’s words were poetic!  I’m going to have to use this phrase sometime, the atmospheres of our...

Last year, shortly after painting Making a World in honor of Earth Day, the Rilke poem which inspired this painting (and the 2011...

Mark Rothko’s minimalist color field paintings and his method of trapping luminosity through layered thin transparent glazes continues to...

This painting will be donated to Geneva Elementary School.  It is nearly complete.  After drying for about a week, I will put on a...

Rilke writes often in his Letters to a Young Poet about the importance of solitude to the creative process and of the challenges we will...

Earlier this week I referenced a post from SlowMuse about What Painting Is by James Elkins. I was able to pickup  a copy of the book at...

Today began with snow–in April.  Today I opened my emails to find a most touching note from a friend and collector about my work. And...

I aspire to paint atmosphere, emotion, and memory–with oil paint.  What one might call the essence or sensation of a landscape, these...

I have spent much of the day writing the backstories to the paintings that are heading to a new gallery in Seattle this week.  Previously...

It has been an eventful couple of months–days, in fact.  The closing of my gallery (Works on Canvas) so that I can devote more time to...

I consider one of the great benefits of being an artist to be the ability to choose my own subject.  And if I so desire, incorporate life...

A lot of my artist friends are having a very hard time in this current economic climate.   Just this week there were many different...

Japan has been on all our minds and in all our hearts.  There doesn’t seem to be enough capacity in the human soul to witness nature...

In the spirit of Earth Day, the month of April will find many galleries showcasing Re-art.  In my own tribute to the idea of reuse–I...

Serenity     12 x 12 in, oil on cradled gessobord. Rarely do I have difficulty titling a work.  The painting at left is the fifth in a...

I am beginning a new painting this week that will be dedicated and donated to Geneva Elementary School.  It is a gratitude painting to...