The Great Man
A friend lent me a book saying she kept thinking of me while she read it. My first impression of the book was it was lightweight, easily...
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Oct 10, 20091 min read
Picking up the pieces
I saw The Gleaners and I, a documentary film by Agnes Varda, earlier this week. Two years after the movie was made, Varga did a followup....
Oct 5, 20091 min read
A shaggy dog story
Lila and I went to Point Pleasant Park this afternoon for a long walk. It had been raining hard for twenty-four hours but the sun...
Oct 4, 20091 min read
Pix from PEI
I finally got my camera back so I could unload my photos. Here are a few from last weekend. First, taking off from Caribou, N.S., on the...
Sep 28, 20092 min read
Puff in the pool
I went to PEI for the weekend. (That’s Prince Edward Island, for non-Canadians.) My friend Yoko has some visitors from Japan here for...
Sep 22, 20091 min read
The ups and downs of making art
As usual when I put a new painting in my living room, I see it more clearly. I have only one place in my house to hang a large painting...
Sep 17, 20091 min read
A few more from the ranch
I started using multiple panels about thirteen years ago when I downsized my vehicle. I needed a way to paint larger without sacrificing...
Sep 14, 20092 min read
From whence it comes and there I go
I went to the Art College today to deliver the photo-collage I am going to use as the beginning point for my next series of paintings. ...
Sep 11, 20090 min read
Sep 10, 20091 min read
Pix of and by and for
The first two photos here were taken by Evelyne. She has a Canon 50D digital SLR. What a beautiful camera! So, with her permission,...
Sep 9, 20091 min read
As time goes by and the weather stays clear
In the past few days I’ve written several blog posts in my head but none have been translated into print. For the long weekend I was busy...
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Aug 25, 20091 min read
Bill was here
Some people are calling the passing through of Bill (what could have been a very destructive storm) just a car wash. My windows...
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Aug 17, 20092 min read
I’m having visons of no return
After trying so hard to make my paintings be like the small (3″ x 5″) black and white pieces I did last winter, I finally gave up. Then,...
Aug 16, 20091 min read
Micou’s Island
The evening before my kids left, we went to Micou’s Island in St. Margaret’s Bay with my friend Gwen and her dog Kiku, one of Lila’s...
Aug 15, 20091 min read
Busy busy busy
It’s been a busy summer for visitors here in paradise. (I’ve been working on this blog entry all week. Funny, how “life” just seems to...
Aug 6, 20091 min read
A message from India
I had a strange dream early this morning, about a friend, a man I know only slightly, an artist whose work I admire very much. I was in...
Jul 31, 20092 min read
New camera!
I bought a camera, finally. I did a lot of research, asked every photographer friend, obsessed, and then went to a couple of camera...
Jul 28, 20091 min read
Merce Cunningham is alive and well
As you probably may have heard, Merce Cunningham died Sunday. The best way, in his sleep. He was ninety years old and teaching his...
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