Inspiration in Music and People

March 1, 2013 My painting this week is all about joy. Joy is so immense – beyond understanding and knowing. Beethoven miraculously captured and expressed pure joy with Symphony No. 9. I never cease to be deeply moved by his music. An inspiration avalanche. (I know most of you have already watched this flash mob […]

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Old Shapes, New Materials

February 27, 2013 I love this! A Japanese company called FabCafé will make a 3D scan of your body and make a life-size gummy replica of you for around $65. Delicious!! In our opinion, the weirdest thing about this company that will make a life-sized gummy replica of your body is how cheap the whole

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Social Portraits Call

February 26, 2013 Thanks so much to everyone who replied to my “social portrait” call yesterday. I received such a generous response via your posts and messages. ♥ Quite a few of you I’ve never met in person before! I’m excited to connect with a few new people in this way. I plan to leave

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February 25, 2013 FB friends in the Seattle arts community I will be a contributing artist in the “Social Portraits” issue of Poets Artists Magazine this summer and I’m hoping a few of you might help me out. I’m looking for “friends” who are local, in the Seattle visual arts community, but with whom I

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February 24, 2013 Oh Seattle. You are so very very gray. – on Bremerton Ferry

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February 23, 2013 Artist Trust Auction Tonight!! — at Fisher Pavilion, Seattle Center.

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February 21, 2013 Your art belongs out in the world not stacked up in your studio, filed away in your computer, or resting quietly atop your piano. To generously share it sometimes involves reaching out beyond your known circle of friends. While not directly pertaining to the art world, this HBR article I read yesterday,

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February 21, 2013 Working title of my current painting in progress “Bite Me” I keep hoping it will evolve to something more… I don’t know… transcendent? poetic? insightful? For now, this is how it speaks to me.

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