A Long Winter’s Night
Dear Friends, We’re approaching the winter solstice in the northern hemisphere, and the weather already feels wintry. Cold at night with a quiet crispness...
Category: Paintings
Dark Art Experiments
Hi Friends, I know what you’re thinking. The three paintings in this newsletter don’t look like my work. And that’s why I like them! They̵...
Art Archaeology
Hi Friends, Last week I sanded down some reject paintings so I could reuse the canvas. Predictably most of them didn’t look any better sanded than they ha...
Pattern and Decoration
Hello Friends, Last week I stumbled upon an article in ArtForum magazine about the Pattern and Decoration (P&D) movement of the 1970s and 1980s. It caught m...
Why House Paint?
Hi Friends, Recently I’ve had some questions about the paint that I use for my art — leftover house paint. People wonder why I use house paint inste...
Studying Rothko
Hi Friends, There’s a wonderful documentary about abstract expressionist painter Mark Rothko currently streaming on the PBS website. It’s called ...
For Better or Worse
Hello Friends, Sometimes when I decide to rework a painting I unintentionally make it worse. It’s the nature of the beast. I try things and they don’...
What Lights You Up?
Hi Friends, In a video last week artist Nicholas Wilton offered some advice about how to create your best art. He said something that struck me as important ...
Late Summer Reflections
Hi Friends, I thought I was done with the shoe paintings, but then I found these Eddie Bauer shoes at one of the thrift stores. The tread is interesting, and I ...
First Show Since Lockdown
Hi Friends, I have three paintings in a show here in Ventura — the first exhibit I’ve done since the start of the pandemic. That’s been more t...