The Eye of the Artist – Art Notes
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December is coming …
… and that means Patreon patron rewards! Earlier this month, I announced the launch of my Patreon Artist page. If you haven’t visited it yet, please stop by! At the beginning of each month, I mail out patron rewards to all patrons pledging $5.00 or more. For December, I will be choosing rewards from among…
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Introducing my New Patreon Page!
Thank you to everyone who came out to see my work at the recent Gowanus Open Studios. Since then, I’ve been extremely busy setting up and testing my new page on Patreon.com. I’m now ready to officially invite you to come check it out, and help me keep making art! What is Patreon? Patreon is…
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Something very last minute — My art during Gowanus Open Studios
Hello everyone! I had not planned to show any work during this year’s Gowanus Open Studios (happening this weekend, October 20-22), but a last minute opportunity presented itself. Abby Subak, Director of Arts Gowanus, reached out to artists who formerly had studios in Gowanus, and asked us to participate as “Gowanus Emeritus Artists” in the…
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Artworks: A Benefit for Arts Gowanus
I’m pleased to announce that, once again, I will be contributing to this year’s ArtWorks — a benefit for Arts Gowanus! This year’s event happens Thursday, May 11, 2017, 7 – 10 pm at Shapeshifter Lab, 18 Whitwell Place, Brooklyn, NY 11215. I will be there! So join me in celebrating the arts and artists of Gowanus and take…
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Spring is here!
Spring is here, and hibernation time is definitely over! More art and ideas coming soon!
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Happy Holidays!
Here’s wishing everyone a very happy, safe and peaceful holiday!
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Winter …
Winter–in the eleventh month Snow falls thick and fast. A thousand mountains, one color. Men of the world passing this way are few. Dense grass conceals the door. All night in silence, a few woodchips burn slowly As I read the poems of the ancients. –Ryokan (Japan, 1758-1831)
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The longest night of the year …
Vocatus atque non vocatus deus aderit.
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Pinhole research – December chill
I’ve recently started up again with some explorations in digital pinhole photography. How this works is: you take a digital SLR, take off the lens and replace it with a modified body cap that serves as the ‘pinhole.’ (I don’t recall where I purchased the pinhole cap, but if you Google ‘digital pinhole – Nikon‘…
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Painting of the week: “Osage chiasm”
This week’s featured painting is an odd one I created way back in 2009. “Osage chiasm” (that’s chiasm not chasm) is 20″H by 16″W, and is acrylic on canvas. The piece is essentially a stylized portrait of one of my favorite trees: a very old Osage orange that lives on the Nethermead in Prospect Park,…
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Winter approaches …
We’re in the deep-freeze here in New York, just in time for winter, which officially starts next week. The poetry of Ryōkan (Japan, 18th century) calls for my attention: “Returning to my hermitage after a journey to distant mountain villages; Along the fence, the last chrysanthemums linger” –translated by John Stevens
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Wednesday’s watercolor
For today: something from February, 2015.
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