Minimalism to Quiet the Mind
Greetings Friends, Climate change, species extinction, financial collapse, floods, fires, famine, and war. Oh my! I don’t watch the news, but these end-ti...
Greetings Friends, Climate change, species extinction, financial collapse, floods, fires, famine, and war. Oh my! I don’t watch the news, but these end-ti...
Hi Friends, My friend Lyn Southworth shared a quote with me from artist Mark Rothko. Lyn is an amazing artist who explores emotional and societal issues through...
Hi Friends, There’s a wonderful documentary about abstract expressionist painter Mark Rothko currently streaming on the PBS website. It’s called ...
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...
Hi Friends, Do you ever go years or even decades without hearing a particular word, and then suddenly it seems to be everywhere? That happened to me this week w...
Hi Friends, I recently watched an excellent TED Talk given by Johann Hari about the causes of depression and anxiety. Depression and anxiety have been on the ri...
Hello Friends, In last week’s newsletter, I showed you the stages of developing a recent painting. Many of you wrote and said that you liked the piece bet...
Greetings Friends, Painting can be form of meditation — a practice of staying in the present moment. As soon as I veer off into the past (“This pain...