Blessings to you all as we begin a New Year. I am filled with hope and optimism for our world and all who inhabit this beautiful place. Yet, according to the ancient Egyptians, Sumerians, Mayans, Nostradamus, the Book of Revelations and other sources, 2012 will be the end of time either altogether or at the […]
A Trip to Port St. Joe
Last month, I participated in 4 shows in as many weeks. It was a busy October. There were shows in Fairhope, Pensacola, Destin and Pensacola, again. I ended the fall shows with The Great Gulf Coast Art Fest in my hometown. How welcome I was by old friends and new. There were many art enthusiasts who, on […]
“A Bliss”
A Bliss 11/11/11 There is laughter now In this modest home. Simple pleasures abound As they always have Yet now they are cherished. There is a hope for the future. A confidence. When before the future did not exist In my mind There was today and yesterday Nothing more. A paralysis. A void. No concept […]
Tuesday Morning in the Fall
Tuesday Morning, Nov. 8, 2011 It is cool out, about 65 degrees. I can hear the wind in the trees, the bird’s chirping, the cars rushing by on 98. My father would be able to tell me the names of the bird’s whose sweet sound I focus on. The sound of the traffic is minimal in my […]
“Shell Ascending”
“Shell Ascending” 40×30” Oil on Canvas Tropical Storm Lee left this faded beauty on the beach for me. Days of rain, strong winds and violent surf were followed by another several days of just the wind and high seas. Left was a beach cleansed. No footprints or any other evidence of man. Just perfectly smooth […]
“The Persistence of Light”
The Persistence of Light The Light of the Heavens Break through the storm clouds Shining through the dense darkness A white light. The reflections, an analogue of the seekers Wishing, manifesting, willing. The Light of the Heavens Shining down through the darkness of thought To the body which, so like our seas Are many droplets, […]
Light Reflects
Often a poem will come to me while I am painting. The poem a direct result of the deeper thoughts that I am striving to express through the painting. Other times a poem of mine will be inspired by a painting or a series of paintings, after they are complete. Such was the case with […]
“The Goddess”
When I found the broken Florida Fighting Conch from which this painting is derived, I envisioned the famous Greek Statue of the Goddess Nike which is named “The Winged Victory of Samothrace”. This Faded Beauty is broken yet beautiful, jagged and smooth. She stands tall when hung vertically and lies gracefully on her side. There is […]
On the artists that influence me.
It has been said that all of art is “undetected plagiarism.” If one thinks back to the influence of African Art on Picasso and Braque and the entire Cubist Movement, I think most people can see the relation. Again, the fine china of Asia and the newspaper wrappings they came packaged in opened the eyes […]
A Month of Travel
It has been a busy month traveling to Sanibel Island and later to Ponte Vedra Beach on the Atlantic. Most people do not realize just how far from to the western edge of the Panhandle, Pensacola and Gulf Breeze lie.It is a good 10 to 12 hour drive to Sanibel from here and a 5 […]