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December ’22 Studio Update
And like that, another year is in the books. While there are some cracks in the self imposed pandemic isolation of the last few years, I’ve grown to accept that this is probably how things are just going to be now. In the past I’d run down my end of the year studio update with…
November ’22 Studio Update
Without fail, there’s always a nadir that occurs just before a show. Doubt creeps in. It’s the same every time – you question the validity of your own work, worry if anybody will show up. Larger existential questions about time, effort, value. It feels awful. The doubts hurt. The worst part is knowing none of…
October ’22 Studio Update
The Art of Gambling Life is full of gambles, and being an artist has to be one of the biggest. Sometimes you have to bluff, call and raise the stakes and see where you get. October was one of those months. This is a story about the art of gambling.
September ’22 Studio Update
It’s been an overwhelming month in studio. I saw a lot of art this month, worked on several tangential projects that eroded my time, and tried to keep pushing things forward. Here’s how the month went:
August ’22 Studio Update
An upcoming impromptu trip to New York City served as a flimsy suggestion of a deadline. It worked! ‘Earth’s Mightiest Zeroes’ is now my latest finished oil painting.
July ’22 Studio Update
There’s no better feeling as an artist to feel like you’re in control of your own work. It may sound weird to non-artists, but there’s a high percentage of the time in studio when you’re holding on for dear life. All you can do is to let things take you where they go. All one…
June ’22 Studio Update
One of the things I teach in my drawing classes is not to trust your brain. You have to learn to let your eyes and hand communicate to each other. Human brains are wired to identify patterns, rely on prior knowledge and make snap decisions in milliseconds. These are survival lessons taught over thousands of…
May ’22 Studio Update
Stuck between looking back and looking ahead is the worst place to be. Flannery O’Conner’s Wise Blood got it right. “Where you come from is gone, where you thought you were going to was never there, and where you are is no good unless you can get away from it.”
April ’22 Studio Update
Is this the end or not? What ‘s going on anymore? Does anything make sense? Is it really the fall or the landing that kills you? It’s been another month in studio.