May 1st, 2009
Originally posted on November, 22, 2007
The uniqueness of the pre and early 60’s San Francisco art movement was …. How to put this? Let me put it this way: at a certain point, it was well understood that those who remember the 60’s were not there. The “scene? if it was anything, was a life changing experience. It changed people. It connected them, in a way, to the entire universe. This was not, of course, the popular “hippie? experience thing. What I’m talking about was the experience of a unique way of experiencing in an intellectual and artistic sense: An intellectual pursuit somewhat removed from rational thinking and directly concerned with the experience of life. Above all it was freedom … freedom to have an individual understanding of our relationship with life. Jung’s work on psychological types helped me a lot in this area. Viva la difference.
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May 1st, 2009
Originally posted on November, 7, 2007
It has been said that the first rule in painting is that there are no rules. Also, it has been said that a painting begins with an “idea?. I believe that both of these conflicting statements to be false. It is not to say that a painting may not begin with an idea. It is to say that an idea is not an integral part. Within the limitations of a short essay I can only suggest why I think so. Even if I was to persuasively argue this position many people would still not agree. Such are many popular firmly held convictions. I will, however, return in future articles to this problem. It is vitally important today.
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May 1st, 2009
Originally posted on October, 30, 2007
My artistic path took its annual detour this last month. Walking up and down a sandy beach in Normandy during October recharges my batteries.
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April 30th, 2009
Originally posted on September, 16, 2007
“Contemporary art has become a gage of trendiness, if not necessarily good taste?” (see: Art or entertainment?.)
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