and after.

My muse introduced me to the M-Theory of quantum physics.  I am always amused by things that I cannot quite comprehend.  That theory posits there are 11 dimensions, and that time is composed of crystals formed by three dimensional equilateral triangles, the smallest length of which (the Planck length) is so small – – – well, the idea confounds me.  But, that’s why we have a crystal, front and center here in this piece.  And yes, while I rarely make statements about any of my paintings, I will say, this crystal is meant to represent time.  Everything else is up to you!

“The Night Shift,” 2017, oil on canvas, 30″ x 40″

before…(after is probably nearer than I think)

Sometimes I feel like, well, in the case of me and my art-making, that painting is a little like constructing a sentence.  The piece needs a subject…without a subject, well, you don’t really have anything….  That’s because, from my perspective, I work with a subject in mind….but, I’m painting along and suddenly I’ve come to realize that I do not know what the subject is here….it’s just too ambiguous I think.  And, there.  I’ve said nothing as well.

Oh, not much….what are you up to?

WORK IN PROGRESS, DAY 3 Oil on Canvas, 30″ x 40″

Barbie as the observer…

This piece came into being some four years ago—the last time North Korea dominated the headlines with threats of destroying the west coast of the United States. I’ll just leave that there…..Barbie says it all.

Nukes, 2013, mixed media on canvas board. Yes, that’s Kim Jong Un as a paper mask.

waiting for ideas to gel….

Roaming around the studio, staring at walls where my recent favorites are hung, sketching away…all the things I do before filling my palette with fresh paint and starting anew.  Sometimes the process goes rather quickly and other times I try to recapture the reason that I painted one thing or another for inspiration – for instance, this piece.  It’s not stacked away, it’s in my face everyday, hanging there, boldly announcing its presence!  In the mean time, I guess I’ll just add one more coat of gesso to that blank canvas on the easel….waiting for me to be inspired!

Pieta (The Last Supper), 2015, oil on canvas, 36″ x 36″

why is it we get so caught up in details?

Do details really matter?  Most of the time, I would opine, they don’t.  But, here they are anyway – – –

detail, work in progress, oil on canvas Broken strings, crumpled sheet music and reflection are all within view of this adaptation.

Yawn…..

work in progress, oil on cheap canvas, 36″ x 36″. I am going for drama here, at least with the lighting. One thing is for sure, this still life would go faster if I had a model!