tenfour Open House

I just dropped off my latest paintings at the tenfour space. I am looking forward to the open house and art show. I hope you will attend! http://tenfouragency.com

Collage Abstract

All of a sudden I decided I wanted to do some abstract paintings (see below). However, I felt conflicted because so much of what I do has been collage. So, what better solution that to marry the two together? I am excited and can't wait to do more!

A New Book

After struggling in the studio all week with muddy paintings that feel overworked, I took the day off. In an effort to get some inspiration and clear my head, I wandered around town looking in stores and enjoying the sun shiny day. I bought a book called "Inside the Painter's Studio" that came out last year. It interviews about 24 working artists asking questions about their studio space, day to day processes and how they got started. It was written by an artist, so the questions are very tangible. Things like "When you are contemplating your work, where do you sit?" or "When did you consider yourself a professional artist?". I have been looking for a book like this for a long time - something real and that can provide practical inspiration. A little something that says "against all odds....keep going...don't give up.....we all struggled too, but we made it and you will too."

Flight Series

New addition to the "Flight" series.

Artsy Studio Shots

I got inspired by old photos of artists in their studios and took some of my own today. If anyone needs em, these can be used for my biography in 100 years.

Officially Day Two

It is officially day two of my "sabbatical" dedicated to art. First day felt productive. Spent the whole day working in the studio laboring over a piece that, in the end, felt over-worked (see cowboy below). About 3pm, I took a break, came inside and started reading and surfing the internet for inspiration. I read about a contemporary artist in London www.chloeearly.com as well as looked up old favorites like Franz Kline. Since my morning painting felt over-worked, I decided to stop trying to control my painting and started two new ones that were completely different and that "I didn't care about". It is obvious that these were inspired by Franz, but none the less I was much happier with them than the painting from the morning. It is probably not fair to compare them because they are so different in style, but.....