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Category Archives: Daily meanderings
Upcoming Exhibits
My work will be shown in these upcoming spring exhibits. Unfortunately I entered Asparagus Bed into two shows and it was accepted in both. So now I have a small dilemma. Show listed first, then paintings. April 1-May 1, 2011 … Continue reading
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Tagged Academy of Fine Arts, art, art in the afternoon, associated artists, avondale arts alliance, exhibits, george billis, jerald melberg, Michael Marling de Cuellar, Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation, Phaedra Siebert, Rome Art Coterie National Exhibit, shows, victoria webb
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Native Georgia Wildflowers and Ferns of the World
Georgia Perimeter College’s native plants garden, just south of Decatur, is perhaps a well known secret to Atlanta gardeners. This past Sunday I spent an afternoon listening to volunteer Karen Lindauer’s talk on native plants that are easily grown here in … Continue reading
Just trying to make a living
This is a reposting from Sharon Butler’s ‘Two Coats of Paint’ blog, which I’ve followed since the advent of my own blog a few years ago. The artist Joy Garnett compiled the notes after a recent panel discussion for educators … Continue reading
A spring not far off
Sometimes paintings work and sometimes I’m not sure. One thing is for certain, self doubt and fear of failure aren’t useful in the artist’s world. The first painting was inspired from my stay on Galiano Island in 2006, working from … Continue reading
February paintings
Unlikely inspiration from moss in a parking lot, a neighboring house’s roof and an unexpected surge of energy. …in progress. and the final piece: Moss. Oil and acrylic on canvas panel, 16″x20″. 2011. Red House. Oil on canvas panel, 14″x16″. … Continue reading
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Tagged abstract, abstract painting, art, artist, artwork, expressionist, fine art, green, moss, oil, original art, original painting, painting, yellow
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Painting to Delius
My newest painting is inspired by Frederick Delius’s Sea Drift, an amazing choral and orchestral work with Walt Whitman’s poetry as text. Virtually unknown during his lifetime, other than in Europe, the introspective composer continued making music into old age and … Continue reading
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Tagged abstract, acrylic, art, contemporary art, Delius, fine art, january, january sunrise, modern art, original painting, painting, sunrise, victoria webb, wild blue yonder, winter
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Model towns
The town center of Avondale Estates, Georgia, within walking distance from where I now live, resembles Princeton, New Jersey’s main downtown block, where I grew up. That synchronicity is slightly disconcerting. You can go home again, at least aesthetically. Both used … Continue reading
Cabin fever paintings
The Y has been closed all week, no lap swimming. The roads have been too icy to drive and almost everyone in Atlanta has had the week off, including city leaders – City Halls are closed, no mail delivery, no … Continue reading
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Tagged art, Atlanta, avondale estates, fine art, january, jotul, kitten, new paintings, original abstract paintings, painting, snow, winter, woodstove
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Snow scenes
Last night it began snowing big fluffy flakes that Bootsy the cat decided were pretty fantastic. She ran down the snow covered steps, jumped and pawed at the white stuff, did a couple of pirouettes – and then raced at … Continue reading
Artists talking
Artists are not actors, they don’t usually do well on video or in film. Most will admit that they never know what they’re doing, even after the work is finished. So unless you tape an art historian or critic, or … Continue reading