Category: work
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Winslow Homer
Maybe a year ago, word on the street said there was to be an upcoming exhibit at the MFA Boston showcasing Winslow Homer’s watercolor oeuvre. Well, the day came, and we made the sojourn on opening day to see “Of Light And Air,” claimed to display one of the “largest collections in the world” in…
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Andrew Wyeth
“I think a person permeates a spot, and a lost presence makes the environment timeless to me, keeps an area alive. It pulsates because of that.” ― Andrew Wyeth We took a short trip to midcoast Maine to visit The Farnsworth Art Museum a few weeks back. Because the Wyeth family spent a lot of time…
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Relative Transmissions
I. Macromission: thematics It has been several months since my last post, despite writing almost daily for myriad reasons. I keep thinking that I should write more here, but then I get caught up in updating the site overall, or applying for some-or-other, or just hashing ideas to see where they flex and fail. Writing…
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Headwinds
I. Post-partum It has been exactly a month (presuming I post this on the 20th) since I concluded the material of the passages project. Of course, the residuals still exist: I am finishing up the test phase of a book of all 365 pieces; I am continuing to explore the experience through writing; I’ve started…
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The Prodigal Landscape
I. Tight Spaces Lately I’ve been thinking obsessively about the variant landscapes of our lives: cultural landscapes, political landscapes, social landscapes, and of course, the physical earthen landscape. Each restrictive in its own way; all these partitioned spaces in which to squeeze these enormous American ideals, like forcing an oversized square peg into an unwavering…
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Old Bones and Reliquaries
I. Structures & Impermanence As we approach the midpoint of the year and the passages project (which I’m now calling a year-long study), I want to touch on some of my discoveries through this process. I’ve always been fascinated with the lore of ghosts towns, lonesome cowboys, tropes of abandonment and resilience; the overwhelming silence…
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passages
I. I have been thinking a lot about what I might call this series for at least two months, and I think I’ve arrived at the word, “passages.” It is straightforward, direct, and uncomplicated, but also layered and interpretive. I asked a Guatemalan girlfriend what word she used for cloudscapes and she said “paisaje del…
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In Tension
I. The situation. As I approach the first quarter of this project, I have uncovered new insight around my practice and about myself, accordingly; I thought I would share. I was approached by a curious neighbor who had seen me around the neighborhood taking photographs. She asked me why I was taking pictures of her…
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In The Way
Well, here it is a bit more than a month into this year-long commitment I have made to myself. I suppose it’s as good a time as ever to reflect on what has come of it so far. I. I have decided to organize the paintings into the 8 seasons of the pagan calendar, each…
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True Intimacy Is Being Awake
This has been a really productive couple of weeks. I’m working out most of the conditions surrounding my forthcoming year-long project: I’ve changed a few things around, tried some different techniques and decided on some project boundaries. The first thing I changed was that I purchased a travel palette, which I like even better than…
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Travel Watercolor Kit
Over the weekend I constructed myself a tiny travel watercolor kit and I’m pretty jazzed about it. I’ve been kicking around the idea of a year-long project like Justin’s poetry project, but with watercolors. The paintings would be small, and should take no longer than 20 minutes: a daily, meditative practice. A few years ago…