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Monthly Archives: January 2011
Painting to Delius
My newest painting is inspired by Frederick Delius’s Sea Drift, an amazing choral and orchestral work with Walt Whitman’s poetry as text. Virtually unknown during his lifetime, other than in Europe, the introspective composer continued making music into old age and … Continue reading
Posted in Daily meanderings, New Work
Tagged abstract, acrylic, art, contemporary art, Delius, fine art, january, january sunrise, modern art, original painting, painting, sunrise, victoria webb, wild blue yonder, winter
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Model towns
The town center of Avondale Estates, Georgia, within walking distance from where I now live, resembles Princeton, New Jersey’s main downtown block, where I grew up. That synchronicity is slightly disconcerting. You can go home again, at least aesthetically. Both used … Continue reading
Cabin fever paintings
The Y has been closed all week, no lap swimming. The roads have been too icy to drive and almost everyone in Atlanta has had the week off, including city leaders – City Halls are closed, no mail delivery, no … Continue reading
Posted in Daily meanderings, New Work, Paintings
Tagged art, Atlanta, avondale estates, fine art, january, jotul, kitten, new paintings, original abstract paintings, painting, snow, winter, woodstove
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Snow scenes
Last night it began snowing big fluffy flakes that Bootsy the cat decided were pretty fantastic. She ran down the snow covered steps, jumped and pawed at the white stuff, did a couple of pirouettes – and then raced at … Continue reading
Artists talking
Artists are not actors, they don’t usually do well on video or in film. Most will admit that they never know what they’re doing, even after the work is finished. So unless you tape an art historian or critic, or … Continue reading