of the ones who have come before us, can assist in helping those in need today.
my sketch for the day, "Welsh Court" ink on paper.
sunday morning
at the whitney museum... me and 1000 other folks looking forward to the Hopper drawing exhibit. Actually, it wasn't that crowded and well worth the short wait. Hopper never disappoints. I don't find his work to be nostalgic or sentimental but journalistic in a sensual, hand hewn sort of way. And he's opened my eyes to the fact that there is color in shadows. I can re-imagine black. Thank you, Edward.
simply, red
today's sketch: ink & brush on paper
clean slate
(if there is such a thing)
Stripped my “thinking wall.” It’s time to make myself uncomfortable.
walkin home
by way of one of Americas' most toxic waterways...wondering if black francis had the gowanus canal in mind when he wrote Monkey Gone to Heaven.
happy birthday, dad
today would have marked your 76th. Three months now since your unexpected passing ...
life smells good
among the cherry trees at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden
barnyard book club
my sketch of the day ... reminiscing about childhood friends
pretzel logic
working on a prop today...
gaining a pound tomorrow : (
(old school) talkin head
Finally got to the Morgan Library this afternoon, some small but mighty shows, closing soon: Drawing Surrealism (freakin awesome), Degas & Ms. La La (more about that later), Marcel Proust & Swann’s Way (so dense I couldn't understand it all), plus the usual J.P. collection of artifacts. What lingers for me at the moment is the life mask of George Washington made by the french sculptor, Jeane-Antoine Houdon (pic via my iphone) With this I add a quote by America's founding forefather, "Perseverance and spirit have done wonders in all ages.” Prayers go out to Boston.
peaceful evening in the studio
because i like quiet and quiet likes me
in the beginning
Look, up in the sky, it's a ...
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