Impressionism is a way of seeing what is there to be seen, not what you think is there. Lines around things, for example, are imaginary. They do not really exist except in art. I have heard that kind of linear representation called, “the felt object.” As the word is ordinarily used — meaning “realistic” — … Continue reading “Once An Impressionist, Always An Impressionist”
It was around 2002 that I decided to work exclusively in black and white. I did that until about February of this year. Twenty years of shades of gray alone. My time in the wilderness with only carbon for pigment. My preferred medium was ink and brush. I will get around to posting some of … Continue reading “Gray’s End”
Here is my latest piece of a juvenile sunflower made especially for the header. I have a whole series of photos I took of every stage of this flower’s growth cycle. She happened to grow accidentally from a seed dropped by last year’s crop. I did many paintings of those, and I will eventually post … Continue reading “Young Sunflower”
Right now, comment settings — and I have to say, “right now” because the settings may change at some future date — are such that a person must have a previously approved comment to escape the moderation queue. That means anyone who has commented before can comment without waiting for moderator approval, but any new … Continue reading “A Comment About Comments”
A lot of story had to happen in order to arrive at this scene. We will get to that. But right now, another WordPress blog goes live. That is not as dramatic as a big battle cruiser attacking a little spaceship with a princess and the data to to destroy the Death Star aboard. It … Continue reading “Epics Begin In The Middle Of Action”