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Monthly Archives: June 2011
End of June paintings
A few new small paintings for mid summer. Wheelbarrow. 8″x10″, acrylic on canvas panel, 2011. Solstice. Acrylic on canvas panel 10″x8″, 2011. Alhambra. Acrylic on canvas panel, 8″x10″, 2011. My Vitreous, pencil drawing 2011. A sketch based on a posterior … Continue reading
Posted in Daily meanderings, New Work, Paintings
Tagged abstract, art, contemporary art, contemporary music, drawing, eye, fine art, john tavener, june, landscape, modern art, oil, original painting, painting, solstice, summer, the protecting veil, vitreous detachment, weiss ring, yoyo ma
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Contemporary music in Atlanta – Sonic Palooza
Atlanta’s Woodruff Arts Center presented Sonic Palooza yesterday, June 25th, a 10 hour free festival of contemporary music that went on until midnight. I spent an hour or so over in the galleria and caught the first program; Steve Reich, David … Continue reading
Posted in Daily meanderings, Music
Tagged american mavericks, contemporary music, david lang, festival, foster reed, live music, lou harrison, michael tilson thomas, new albion records, new music, Philip Glass, San Francisco, sonic generator and friends, sonic palooza, steve dollar, steve reich, steven mackey, tom welsh, tristan perich, woodruff arts
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Peonies, poppies and a heat wave that won’t quit
A few new small paintings in acrylic that I haven’t yet posted about. I like doing these small works and have gessoed several more panels. Acrylic isn’t as luminous as oil, but cleanup time is much faster and there are … Continue reading
Posted in Art reviews, criticism and blogs, Daily meanderings, New Work, Paintings
Tagged abstract, acrylic, air conditioning, art, Atlanta, attic fan, avondale, fine art, flowers, gardens, heat wave, klehms nursery, mr. electricity, oil, original painting, painting, peonies, poppies, spring, summer
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Sam Wells, departed Angel
In 1971 Sam Wells gave a handmade book of his poetry to my sister Gina. This is one of the poems: Asa Whitney’s Dream Sometime, maybe I’m gonna ride on Asa Whitney’s dream and check out Walt Whitman’s land and … Continue reading
Quinlan Arts Center and musical inspiration
Last night was the opening for the Quinlan Arts Center’s ‘Sound Off’, a juried exhibition of about sixty works of art inspired by music. In operation for more than 60 years, the Quinlan began as a sketch club in 1946 and … Continue reading