Recent work

It’s been a while since I’ve added new work here. This painting was done in the Fall.

The following slide show includes new works and some earlier paintings that have gone further than when last shown.

Notes on the Sources of Art

This piece, a cross-post from Horizons of Significance, has grown during the writing, pushed ahead by the ambition of its title, only slightly modified by the insertion of the word “Notes…” I’m resisting the urge to break it up into my customary 1,500 words. I need to break that habit as much as we all need not to get too comfortable with the bite-sized nature of blog posts in general, a “rule” I’ve already stretched with my “average” post!

I’ve had this gestating inside me for a long time. Somehow it has surfaced now, with the catalyst of a post by Achille Mbembe, at the height of the “Dog Days” when we’re all distracted and feeling a bit lazy… So be it! I hope you’ll give it a look, and perhaps save it for later when crisper air brings renewed appetite. This may be as close to a “Manifesto” on Art as I come! So with some trepidation, here are,

“Notes on the Sources of Art”

A suite of Marine Paintings

A suite of current marine paintings.

Stages of a Painting, Lee Shore

Lee Shore is another painting going through an evolution I’ve been documenting.

Stages of a painting, Mattakeeset

You may have noticed that images of some paintings have morphed over the months. I began adding new paintings at the first point at which they seemed to be “completed,” or at least when work was suspended on them. As time goes on, I’ve returned to my habit of pushing paintings along when a fresh look at them shows some lack. This is part of the work process. It’s part of that healing and knitting that goes on as a painting weathers in.