Sunday, August 31, 2014

Drawing and skeletons

"Drawing is the bones of thought" says Dorothea Rockburne, in an interview for MoMA exhibit:
Dorothea Rockburne: Drawing Which Makes Itself (September 21, 2013-February 2, 2014).

"...the bones of thought"-- it presents an interesting image.
A skeleton then, in homage to the idea itself.

Ink drawing (6" x 4")

Is is true they have cut drawing from the core curricula of Fine Arts degrees? Boneheaded decision?




Saturday, August 23, 2014

Still Life = Nature Morte

"Oh", he said, "still life?"
"Hmmmmm" I thought, "abstract still life?"

Collage with ink (8" x 6")


Still, there is life, so if it is still life, why is it not lifeless or dead -- like it is in French -- "nature morte".

Sunday, August 10, 2014

Free Range (Upton Farm) study

Fields and tree -- roaming freely; is it the same tree?

Acrylic on paper (22" x 15")
Like our thoughts on a summer day; are they the same thoughts?

Sunday, August 3, 2014

Busy Lives

Getting up and going places, intersecting with worlds, other worlds, other places and other spaces.

Ink drawing (6" x 4")
Sometimes colliding... 

Ink drawing (6" x 4")
Energy unleashed.

Wandering in the Paths of Delusion

To be alert to the forces of darkness and division is to be mindful of the suffering of the peoples of the planet who are part of our collec...