Monthly Archive: September, 2010

In Progress: vanishing point

Tonight as I worked and the wind whipped and howled down summer street I conjured countless ghosts of painters. Most are likely apparent here: Lichtenstein, Matisse and drawing with scissors, always Gorky with… Continue reading

Reading Kenneth Noland

My copy of the exhibition catalogue from Kenneth Noland: The Nature of Color to start my reading and research on the artist. How about this: “My choice of color… is an intuitive process.… Continue reading

Working

The last few days I have been experimenting with some smaller pieces for possible inclusion in the FPAC Group show. Above, see one of the attempts at digital collage. There has been a… Continue reading

Postcard for Open Studios

Lewitt Windows

Have been playing with the idea of images of museums as part of art. That is, how the conext of space reflects or informs the viewer. Maight be something in contrast to Smithson’s… Continue reading

Sol Lewitt at Mass Moca

The idea of physical distance in 20th Century art as a part of the creation process, and as attempt to instill greater emotional intimacy at times, coupled with the capitalist notion of owning… Continue reading

Allegory of a Relationship

New piece: Mixed Media Collage. Come see it during Fort point Open Studios in October.

Mark Your Calendars for Open Studios: Oct 16-17

Getting ready for Open Studios Sat and Sun Oct 16-17. Hope to see you all here in Fort Point.

A portrait is a painting with something wrong with the mouth. -John Singer Sargent

To suggest that artists used optical devices, as I am doing here, is not to diminish their achievements. For me, it makes them all the more astounding. -David Hockney, Secret Knowledge

When is the last time you visited Target/Target at Tantric?

“The beauty that clings to any really new work is beauty only in the minds of those who do not fully realize the significance.” -William Carlos Williams, 1927