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Monthly Archives: February 2009
New York and Jack Sals Re/Vision
I finally got into NY yesterday to see my friend Jack Sal’s exhibit at Zone Contemporary, a new gallery on 57th St that opened with his show this January. It was a whirlwind trip that ended with a very brief … Continue reading
Open space in Chester County
This past Saturday, I went to a well attended and inspiring meeting at the Chester County Historical Society, ‘The Future of Open Space in Chester County’. Anne Pickering of the Daily Local Newspaper moderated a panel discussion between members of the … Continue reading
You gotta dance
I love all types of dance and lately, haven’t seen enough live performances. I watched ‘Something to Dance About‘ last night on PBS, a biography about Jerome Robbins. The choreographer who partnered with Leonard Bernstein on West Side Story, directed … Continue reading
Promoting the arts
I’m promoting the new online shop of my work at 1000Markets. They have a beautiful interface, and maybe 1/8th of the traffic that Etsy has. But they’ve already had some great press on Real Simple. You can read it here.
Posted in Daily meanderings, New Work, Paintings
Tagged 1000markets, abstract art, contemporary art, original art, original oil paintings, Paintings
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A Poet and the ‘planet of antiquity’
I’m reading the 2006 Poet Laureate Donald Hall’s ‘Unpacking the boxes’, that I had gotten recently, a belated Xmas gift. It’s almost unthinkable to remember the days when milk was delivered to the front or back doors of residences, (Charlie Chips … Continue reading
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Tagged book reviews, Donald Hall, poetry, Unpacking the Boxes
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Hieroglyphics
A big callout and thank you to Amanda for helping me slog through some coding to update my blog theme with an Etsy mini. A complete stranger and someone I found by googling the theme, she was patient and extremely … Continue reading
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Tagged coding, etsy, Giantplot.com, hieroglyphics, html, Modern, programming
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Valentine Day art
I finally figured out how to do a screen grab of a treasury on Etsy. Here’s one I just created that proves there are serious artists selling on the site.
Posted in Daily meanderings, Paintings
Tagged etsy, oil paintings, original art, original collage, Paintings, printmaking
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Tolstoy and lost luggage
If you haven’t yet read ‘The Murder of Leo Tolstoy, a forensic investigation‘ by Elif Batuman in this month’s Harper’s, you’re in for a treat. Not only does Ms. Batuman give us a brief history of Russian literature, but she … Continue reading
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Tagged Elif Batuman, Goodwill Games, Moscow, Russia, scholar, Ted Turner, Tolstoy
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The last of winter
Most of the snow has now melted and these are my last paintings of it, small 8″x8″ on canvas paper. I already miss the quiet morning whiteness. I’m hoping for another last gasp of winter. Â
Posted in Daily meanderings, New Work, Paintings
Tagged abstract, blue, contemporary art, original art, original oil, original painting, snow, winter
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Spring
Time to break out the seed catalogs, it went up to 56 today and the snow is mostly melted. Here’s one of my newest paintings, inspired partly by Bill Evans on Cross Currents, and his cover of the Cole Porter … Continue reading
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Tagged abstract painting, another world, antony, bill evans, cole porter, fresh air, NPR, original oil, original oil painting, terry gross
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