“The Raw Nerve of the Universe”
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Tag Archives: art
More Feeling Than Memory: Flowing Leaves, A Swirl of Fish
Lately I’ve been leaning toward the abstract in my painting, but it’s hard to resist that representational pull. Especially when …
New Paintings – Tangled Limbs, Roots & Rocks
I haven’t been painting this year as much as last. But I wanted to share a few that will probably …
Fascinating Faces, Tao & the Arts
Some works of art speak to you on a level that is hard to define. You gaze and are drawn …
Immersed in One’s Art
There’s something immensely satisfying to see Helen Frankenthaler immersed in her art this way. I found this image on Facebook, …
“Divine Bodies” at the Asian Art Museum
During my trip to San Francisco last weekend we visited the Asian Art Museum, which was featuring an exhibition of …
Recognition for “Slow Swirl at the Edge of Time”
I entered a local art show for the first time this month and was surprised and pleased to get recognition …
“Water Falling Through Sunlight” – Poem & Paintings for Troubled Times
September, 1918 This afternoon was the color of water falling through sunlight; The trees glittered with the tumbling of leaves; …
Bearing Witness – Art that Hurts, Art that Heals
So much of art-making is bearing witness–to things we love, to things that wound. And often they are the same …
Perfect Pairings – Klee and cummings
I’ve long been a huge fan of Paul Klee’s paintings and e.e. cummings’ poetry, and for similar reasons: their playfulness …
