Ideas, What to do with Them?

Last time I told you about winter here.

I must confess that I probably do love winter more than I let on. The time is visually awesome. A wonderland of freshness.

In nature many creatures hide and wait out the cold, some fly away, doing the same. Even in the human experience, we have given a name to those who migrate to warmer climes. Snowbirds we call

Now and Later

I haven't painted a single thing in eight weeks. I have a studio but nothing going on in there. Why?

Sometimes life just gets in the way.

Several months ago my grown children moved out of my home. One bought a home and the other got a job a couple of states away. These surprize events left space in our home available for other uses. One became my next studio, while

Inspiration: To Be or…?

How do you find inspiration? Where does that come from? Is Inspiration needed to create art?

Personally, I've found that 'inspiration', what ever that is, comes after I have begun to work. Rarely is it the reason I begin. In this, I remember the Picasso statement, "I begin with an idea and then it becomes something else." To me that seems closer to the reality

My How Time Goes By!

This is the second blog I've added on this re-launched site, and it is now more than a week past a year since my last blog post!

I'm not keeping up too well.

The primary evidence of that is that the website (as of today 1-09-24) has not been publically opened. Of course when you read this, that will have changed. We'll see if things go better from here on out