Thoughts
Reflections on art making, process, and the evolving relationship between image, meaning, and experience….
What are some of the essential qualities of living creatively? Curiosity is at the top of the list. An awareness that there is so much to know, to feel, to understand, to marvel about. Second, clarity emerges from curiosity just as a tide pool reveals its depths the longer you wait for it to quietly still. Clarity leads you to align your goals, your preferences and your life. Community builds from this foundation, and with it, confidence that a creative life is sustainable. I wish this for you, for me and the world.
Before Earth Knew It’s Name 21” x 24” $300
Most of our lives we spend trying to be perfect.
Not only is it a task we can never complete, it also makes us boring. No one finds perfection all that interesting.
In art, the energy of a piece is in what you don’t know. It is in the mystery that you bring out and how it all unfolds as you transform the ideas into something the viewer can see.
To make your best art requires a shift in your life.
Risk taking. Allowing vulnerability to co-exist with confidence as an equal partner.
ImImagination is as real a modus operandi as physical sight and equally necessary when we consider what is needed to heal humankind. Art is a way to bring all the beliefs, emotions, and values that exist in the collective consciousness of our culture into sharper focus.
The final words of French philosopher Francois Rabelais were thought to be “I go to seek a Great Perhaps.” This work, in much the same way, expresses hope and the search for meaning beyond our current existence, one that needs a great deal of imagination and trust in the process.
The Great Unknown is The Great Perhaps
38” x 31” $400
What is healing? And how do we nudge it into our art experiences? Healing happens as we begin to sense who we really are. How do we know who we are? That is the opening, the exploration for everyone who creates. Drop into a relaxed state. Breathe. Let your quiet compass guide you. Just observe what is happening. Let the wonder of the present moment tug at you. There is a wild sort of peace that heals in this moment.
Wild Peace 24” x 24” Sold