Gardeners Journal

Art is the concrete representation of our most subtle feelings. (Agnes Martin)

Gardener's journal 24x24" 

I saw this quote today and it just hit home. As artists and especially abstract artist, we put those subtle feelings into our work.  It seems the best way to communicate.  I journal but I don't seem to have the vocabulary to put my feeling on paper but I can with paint.

Pecha Kucha Finale

Well the Pecha Kucha adventure has drawn to an end.  And I just realized I have no picture to show you....

My presentation was next to last so folks were a little tired and antsy.  The panel was encouraging the main point I took with me is paint larger.  Oh well I have heard that before and it is probably time to crank out something big in the style of the mid- century abstract expressionists who all painted large to say the least.

The best part is I had fans in the audience!!  Alice Davis Bachman from Greensboro, Ed Rikacek Charlotte/Asheville and Elaine Heinl.  What a pleasant surprise.

View of the floor of my studio :)

Pecha Kucha round 2a and a painting

Well I am off to the Green Hill Center for NC Arts tomorrow.  The talk practiced, the outfit picked out and everything.  I will keep everyone updated as to what happens and comments that are made.  There really is not a grand prize with all this, just the opportunity which has been good.

Launch of the Fleet

Launch of the Fleet is one of the paintings I end with.  It is in a group I call the red paintings.  The green is luminous against the green reminding me of night on the water.

The Artists personal reflections of her paintings.

A friend today suggested that I should blog more about the personal aspects of my work.  What I was thinking, choices, and what I am trying to communicate in all these abstraction of cold wax and oil.  So I will being :

Gardener's Journal  12"x12", $395

First I will say my work always looks better in person.  From a digital photo you can not even begin to see the beauty of this work.

 This painting is part of a small series I have begun titled Gardener's Journal.  Many people who garden keep a log of what they do from year to year and what they want to do once Spring breaks.  The title is reflective of that time of planning.

  The Spring green in the fore ground and the marks near the top are scratched in the ground. I was thinking of the approach of Spring on.The marks are balanced by the green and calmer space in the foreground.  

detail of upper left corner

New Work at Trinity Pres.

Hi all,  I just installed a show at Trinity Pres. in Asheville, NC.  I have a special in....that's where I go to church and Anothony Moore (Director of Music and Worship) was kind enough to invite me.  If you have time to stop by it is located at

Trinity Presbytryn Church

17 Shawnee Trail  Asheville, NC 28805

trinityasheville.com     (828) 299-3433

When the show opening is over

When the exhibition opening is over I have a feeling of whew!!!!.  The paintinf is finished, the framing is done,  I have transported the work and enjoyed a wonderful opening event now what?  A lot of artists go through this anti climatic period.  Here are some ideas on how to get over the hump.

1. Allow your self to have the anticlimatic feeling.  When most people after achieving a goal large or small have the ,  what now period.
2.  Try mindless work....primeing canvas, sweeping the floor(my studio is always a mess after a big push or get reaquainted with someone you have not seen in awhile sence the big push to the finish.
3. I always begin the journaling process to get the ideas I have had but can't act at the moment to start surfacing.
4.  My favorite is work in the garden.

Cold wax painter and Pecha Kucha # 5

Amber Morning, 24x24, oil and cold wax, $1497

  I am pleased to announce the I am one of the NC art outreach finalist who be presenting to the NYC panel on April 23 ,2013.   This is such a huge opportunity for me.  It will be exciting to meet the other talented artists and panelists.  I will keep you posted.  

Below is the info about the event from the Green Hill Center for the NC arts:

 

NC ART OUTREACH PROJECT

April 22 - 23, 2013

We had a wonderful turnout on February 16.  It was a full day of 60 abstract artists presenting their work in a Pecha Kucha style presentation (20 slides, 20 seconds each).  The NC Art Outreach project offers artists local, national, and international opportunities for exposure and professional advancement through access to networks. The project connects North Carolina artists with a panel of NYC art professionals and provides a platform for learning and sharing of opinions in a collegial atmosphere. We have a few dates to put on your calendar...

MONDAY| April 22, 2013  

5:30-6:30 PM

NYC Outreach Panelists' Talk: Lilly Wei, Peter Plagens, Miles Manning (Open to the public)   

TUESDAY | April 23, 2013 

10:00 AM-12:30 PM   

NC ART OUTREACH Pecha Kucha presentations (20 artists) (open to the public)  

12:30-2:30 PM

Lunch Reception (reservations required)- In The Gallery at Green Hill Center: RSVP HERE 

The NC Art Outreach Project is an opportunity that has been made available by the generosity of the Tannenbaum-Sternberger Foundation.