When I began painting Nevada, the penultimate painting in a series of Nocturnes I began in 2006, I had just finished a small body of work that I had moved through very quickly. Of course it is advantageous for a painter to move quickly, because time is precious and especially so to a painter. However one lament—among many painters, I assume—is that something is permanently lost in completion. Perhaps this is why we sometimes grow to loathe finished work. I, for one, am always most fond of the painting I am presently making, or even better, the painting I’ll soon begin.
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An appetite for process
Thursday, March 11th, 2010Out(bound) and about
Friday, December 11th, 2009I haven’t posted anything here in some time. Though I do have a few thoughts for this website in the pipeline, I want to inform my six or seven daily visitors (you are dearly prized) that I am also up to a thing or two elsewhere.
What then, you ask? KCFreePress.com
As of Wednesday—when the site launched—I [...]
Monday, June 29th, 2009
“Writing about photographs is a risk. The first sign of a good photograph is that it makes you want to say something about it. The second sign is that it makes whatever you say seem inadequate. The best photographs entice commentary then demean it, stimulating reaction and then cutting it off, producing noise only to [...]
Mentors are Important
Thursday, May 7th, 2009“Artists as trusted mentors are very few. If and when I live near one again, I won’t take it for granted. It’s as important as the weather.”
Me, via Twitter
In my short time on earth, I’ve taken a lot of aimless drives. If any significant amount of time without such a jaunt has passed, I feel [...]
The Rising Thing
Monday, May 4th, 2009The geeks are well aware of what’s coming and the artists don’t need to be, because what the geeks don’t know (and the artists don’t need to know) is that eventually, when all these transitions come to pass, aura will still matter. What’s lost on many of the trailblazers is the very definition of aura.