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Necessary Layers

“New Shadows V” 1996 Oil on canvas 63 x 63″. Per Kirkeby, Private collection. A lovely gift took me and my youngest to the Per Kirkeby exhibit at the Phillips Collection. A massive show for that...

Jan 6, 2013 Like

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One’s Own

In my annual process of clearing out my email newsletters and feeds I came across this discussion opener from a linkedin arts group: “I believe families are terrible studio mates. I also believe...

Dec 30, 2012 Like

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The Future of Art

More and more often, I experience a powerful dichotomy of emotion in a single day. Yesterday it was all about art, the arts, and young people. Throughout most of the day, I stood at a multiple...

Dec 9, 2012 Like

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Effusion

There is a state of being that doesn’t quite fit the negative connotation of “procrastination,” but when carried too far becomes limiting at the minimal and crippling in the extreme. Preparation....

Nov 24, 2012 Like

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For some reason the word “autodidact” has repeatedly popped up in my reading recently. Enough that I’ve been thinking about the nature of being “self-taught.” The idea of achieving a skill or other...

Mar 4, 2012 Like

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No Grade Necessary.

There are many moments when I am reminded why I love to teach. It certainly isn’t the pay or the “prestige.” But rather the gifts I’m given–just for being there. This afternoon I was with a child...

Jan 11, 2012 Like

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My Daughter

you are with me today as you once were as you have become as you always will be all this time you have been gone twenty-five years a quarter century nearly half my life yet the warmth of your head...

Jan 8, 2012 Like

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Stepping Out

It is my experience that the best journey begins with little expectation, but with great openness to whatever appears on the horizon, the path, or beyond the next turn. There is something magic...

Jan 2, 2012 Like

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Resolving the Year

I caught myself while beginning the pre-tax receipt-sorting yesterday. The packs of little papers growing into paper-clipped stacks. Art supplies, office supplies, restaurant, utilities,...

Dec 31, 2011 Like

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Sometimes the Magic Works

Long before any of us become actual parents, we wonder at what we will give, sow as seeds, and then how those seeds will develop into children and then adults. We approach the image of our future...

Dec 30, 2011 Like

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The Girl Effect

One of the many beauties of having a sixteen-year-old daughter around are the wonderful observations that zing from her mouth, pierce any mental funk, and take up residence in my brain. Not too...

Oct 4, 2011 Like

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The Eye

Equipment envy is a dangerous thing. Particularly in an age when the global techno-world appears to be increasingly focused on the “er’s” as a primary goal. Faster, smaller, larger capacity,...

Sep 7, 2011 Like

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The Art of Friendship

Today is International Friendship Day. Yes, it began as a “Hallmark Holiday,” but it’s also the U.N.’s, International Day of Friendship was proclaimed in 2011 as a celebration of the idea that...

Aug 7, 2011 Like

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Last is Never Least

I photographed a last lily the other day; multiple times throughout its one day of bloom. Many seasons come and go when I am aware of impending bloom, joyfully celebrate full presentation mode, but...

Jul 30, 2011 Like

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Follow the Yellowman

I believe in the magic of birthdays. I also believe in many other celebrations. Ones drawn from many experiences, many cultures–but birthdays are special. There are, once you know where to look and...

Jul 20, 2011 Like

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Go Look

There are no images attached to this post. Deliberately. This evening there was a terrific thunderstorm. The kind that comes after a too-hot day, when you can almost hear the first drops sizzle on...

Jun 29, 2011 Like

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Artist/Art is’t ?

“Interesting, but is it art?” As soon as I hear anything akin to that statement, the old discussion takes root in my brain again, like some noxious viney weed you know you ripped out by the roots...

Jun 26, 2011 Like

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The Magic of Wings

One of the first-learned tools of the artist is knowing where to go for inspiration. For some it’s a rigid routine, honed by years of development and repetition. For me it’s always stepping off the...

Jun 21, 2011 Like

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Salt

In little more than 24 hours this weekend, I sat on the sand at four beaches. Three different sections of Virgina Beach, and the very tip of the Chesapeake Bay. This kind of quick grab of the ocean...

May 23, 2011 Like

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Love For Sale

There was a point at last Saturday’s local arts & crafts show (as I stood in the sun trying to retrieve some warmth), watching my tent with one eye, and an old-fashioned junk band with the other...

May 5, 2011 Like

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Artbiz

Like some methane-filled bubble that bursts on the surface of a seemingly beautiful pool, an ugly reality has surfaced–making a living as a working artist takes a huge percentage of effort that has...

Apr 23, 2011 Like

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Shell Game

In late January there was measurable snow on the beaches of Hatteras Island, NC. As I scanned the internet for still photos and videos, I imagined what the beach must be like. Crystal flakes...

Feb 4, 2011 Like

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The Art of Building a Business

Building a business, as described in countless “How To’s,” helpful blogs, university courses, and endless suggestions, is simple. You have a product or service. You make that service or product...

Apr 1, 2010 Like

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Getting Down Off the Roof

As I look at the March calendar for the last day, the pile of “get it done by the 31st” stuff, the stack of painted canvas and muslin, the growing accumulation of finished pieces–I still have that...

Mar 31, 2010 Like

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Cross Here

The first day of Spring. With a capitol “S” and warm air. Walking out to the deck, I hear crow-caw above my head. A congregation dancing against the blueness. Two airliners move in 30 degree...

Mar 20, 2010 Like

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India Ink Tattoo

Necessary Layers

One’s Own

The Future of Art

Effusion

The Art of Learning

No Grade Necessary.

My Daughter

Stepping Out

Resolving the Year

Sometimes the Magic Works

The Girl Effect

The Eye

The Art of Friendship

Last is Never Least

Follow the Yellowman

Go Look

Artist/Art is’t ?

The Magic of Wings

Salt

Love For Sale

Artbiz

Shell Game

The Art of Building a Business

Getting Down Off the Roof

Cross Here

Flying Off

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