artist at play
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In the Middles
First small experiment in a possible new inquiry (thank you, Michelle Nyberg): • limited palette, • fusible fabric (thank you, MaryAnn Shupe),• printing with botanicals (slim pickings in New England in March!). Continue reading
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Ongoing Shifting of Gears
Below, a bit of the art history of a single gessobord panel—first in 2015, then sometime between 2015 and 2024, and finally in just the past few days in 2024. Over the past few days: Continue reading
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Shifting Gears
The Nicholas Wilton free workshop ends as the first week of March closes and, what with that end plus my choosing to shift gears away from my CutUps series plus a confluence of non-art demands bombarding me, I feel at a loss in my art-making. I go into my studio, wander around, fumble, make marks… Continue reading
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Nicholas Wilton Free Workshop, post #6
The final pre-workshop countdown prompt: #1 What is the biggest, best possible dream of my art / life that I’m willing to say out loud? My free-association biggest, best possible dream for spring 2024: • Have fun! • Get messy!• Paint every day!• Be open to surprise!• Connect with others!• Say hello to I don’t… Continue reading
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Nicholas Wilton Free Workshop, post #5
The fourth pre-workshop countdown prompt: #2 We do our best work when we feel most connected to the freest version of ourselves. When there are no planned outcomes particularly and we are just playing, experimenting out of curiosity and personal delight and wonder, we tend to make highly authentic and powerful art. Write about what… Continue reading
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Nicholas Wilton Free Workshop, post #4
Although the workshop itself ended four days ago, I’m still reflecting on pre-workshop countdown Prompt #3 which invited workshop participants to share a story of when your intuition was right; a time when you trusted yourself. In early 1973, a young man joined the teaching staff at Landmark School in Prides Crossing, MA, where I… Continue reading
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Nicholas Wilton Free Workshop, post #3
The third pre-workshop countdown prompt: #3 Share a story of when your intuition was right; a time when you trusted yourself. I had to pause for a bit to dial in to this prompt. Then several stories bubbled up, one of which I share today. In the late 1990s I experienced a prolonged stretch—maybe a… Continue reading
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Nicholas Wilton Free Workshop, post #1
My inaugural series of CutUps came to a natural end just as a free workshop offered by Nicholas Wilton started up. I’m hoping to use my blog in one fashion or another so as to avail myself of what the workshop has to offer in more depth than I might otherwise. Starting point for the… Continue reading
My Story
In 2014, I grab an unexpected opportunity to paint.
To make art.
I get hooked.
In 2015 I start a blog—a diary of my life as an artist.
I post my paintings and their stories. The good, the bad, the ugly.
My compass points: bust through fear, be playful, get messy, trust my gut.
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