Studio Reflections

Unraveling, 15 x 15″ Acrylic on Illustration Board “I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious.” – Albert Einstein I suspect that while we can find all degrees of talent among great beings or great actions, at the heart of each of them is this same passionate curiosity. It’s certainly at the root…

Whorlds, 15 x 15″ Acrylic on Illustration Board “Follow your inner moonlight; don’t hide the madness.” -Allen Ginsberg I love the thought of our “inner moonlight” – usually we think of a brighter, sunnier source of illumination for our creativity. But the cool and uniquely intimate way in which moonlight reveals is a nice counterpoint…

Escape, 10 x 10″ Acrylic and Spackle on Ilustration Board “In order to keep a true perspective of one’s importance, everyone should have a dog that will worship him and a cat that will ignore him.” – Dereke Bruce Praise and blame – occurrences in our daily lives that are certainly not limited only to…

Infernal, 10 x 10″ Acrylic and Spackle on Illustration Board “You are no bigger than the things that annoy you” – Jerry Bundsen I love the efficient wisdom of this quote. What you let bother you defines you. Makes you think twice about to what exactly you are willing to concede that power to. I’ll…

Dancing Star, 10 x 10″ Acrylic on Illustration Board “Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit.” – Henry Brooks Adams I like the contrast between “life” and “habit” in this quote. One of the reasons I love non-objective subject matter is that helps me avoid habit, which, for me, equates with boring. When I…

Cycle, 10 x 10″ acrylic on illustration board “One never paints violently enough.” – Eugene Delacroix Painting and violence are not words commonly juxtaposed. We often think of painting as a refined activity, one in which we connect with our gentle spirit. Painting calms us, allows us to achieve an almost meditative state. So what…

Macrocosm, 10 x 10″ acrylic on illustration board “Artists are notorious for spending more time ‘producing’ paintings and spending little or no time ‘practicing’. “ – Tom Lynch I will admit it – I am very bad about practicing anything. Making art is no exception. So I am one of the “notorious” members of the…

Intersection, 10 x 10″ acrylic on illustration board “A repeated shape is not actually the same – the more subtle, the more poetic this repeat is, the more we feel that resonant pulse.” -Suzanne Northcott In the pursuit of confusing myself, I am working on two series simultaneously which have very different objectives. Recently I’ve…

Cosmic Dance, 10 x 10″ Acrylic on Illustration Board “Being ‘spiritual’ simply means being willing to look into the nature of life, to ask questions and to wonder, and to listen. It also means seeing art everywhere.” – Quang Ho I liked the simplicity of this definition of “spiritual” and its connection to art. It…