Real success is finding your lifework in the work that you love. -David McCullough Exploring the mysteries of the natural world through my art has become my life’s work, whether through the language of realism, abstraction or Visionary Realism. Though it can be grueling, exhausting, frustrating and demanding it is work that I love. […]
“The excellency of every art is its intensity, capable of making all disagreeable evaporate.” John Keats What does he mean by “all disagreeable?” I think that he is referring to that state of oblivion when you’re immersed in the creation of your art. When it’s most intense you don’t feel pain, hunger or weariness. […]
“The excellency of every art is its intensity, capable of making all disagreeable evaporate.” John Keats What does he mean by “all disagreeable?” I think that he is referring to that state of oblivion when you’re immersed in the creation of your art. When it’s most intense you don’t feel pain, hunger or weariness. […]
A goal is a dream with a deadline. Napoleon Hill I am going as fast as I can, pitched headlong towards a deadly deadline or glorious goal, however you perceive it. For me the perception changes moment to moment. But however you interpret the semantical nuance I will be hanging a show on March 14 […]
A goal is a dream with a deadline. Napoleon Hill I am going as fast as I can, pitched headlong towards a deadly deadline or glorious goal, however you perceive it. For me the perception changes moment to moment. But however you interpret the semantical nuance I will be hanging a show on March 14 […]
In wilderness is the preservation of the world. Henry David Thoreau I live at the northernmost end of the Taconic Mountains, a long meandering mountain wilderness which rises out of the Atlantic near New York City and ends in my backyard. More or less. Actually they vanish northward, slowly sinking into the Lake Champlain, but […]
All the really good ideas I ever had came to me while I was milking a cow. ~Grant Wood Grant Wood, of American Gothic fame was a mid-western boy who understood the meditative value of chores and cows. I was recently in Burlington Vermont on the shimmering shores of Lake Champlain and had the good […]
“We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things because we’re curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.” Walt Disney It’s time for OPENINGS! Last night, this night blooming cereus opened it’s 10″ blossom in our living room. Quite an exciting moment! Clearly, openings are IN! If you’re curious, as Walt […]
“We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things because we’re curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.” Walt Disney It’s time for OPENINGS! Last night, this night blooming cereus opened it’s 10″ blossom in our living room. Quite an exciting moment! Clearly, openings are IN! If you’re curious, as Walt […]
Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night. -Edgar Allan Poe Louis Pattis dreams by day. He envisions his dreams through the lens of a camera, recording moments of great beauty and unique light. Louis’ camera writes an unusual visual poetry. We have been […]