Do to the heat I have not been in the studio, I have been reading alot. Mostly about Picasso, de Kooning and frank Zappa, different parallels I admit. Yet both inspiring and disturbing. I enjoy the human experience. And that is my inner struggle. I have come to realize by surrounding myself with video and written text, photo's, and in the case of Zappa the listening of his brilliant discussion in sound, that, they were just men. Men glorified by the public as hero's,
eccentrics, genius, and my personal favorite gods. I am parting my way of thinking from the mummer of the general public and it's voicing ( tabloids and pretentious commentary) by the educated or the uneducated, or the highly ambitious blabbering of the common every day joe.
these are just men who are not separate from us or better or worse , just men with ideas like you and I, but they did something with their ideas. They put them into action, into the arena of the masses. If one of these men passed gas next to you it would smell just the same, nasty. I guess what I am getting at , is that we all have what it takes, there is no separation in talent just the will and conviction to do what needs to be done. I walk in the studio not separating myself from a master but as a contemporary in progress of greatness.
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Monday, June 22, 2009
The works posted here are some of my most recent, all done in the North Carolina studio.
Which is a 16'x 24' garage. It is in the back yard which is a 1/2 acre from the house.
I am alone now as an artist. I do not have the influences of an instructor, or the well missed moments of reflection in a pub with friends or fellow artists.
These works are different, fresher, and more vulnerable. I haven't analyzed them internally and they are less personal and more about the process of freeing my mind of past programing.
Most of them are inspired by Picasso. I started viewing his work since I moved here a year ago. It has loosened me up and helped me move the hand and stop scratching the head.
Now in solitude I have the time to reflect and do the work that speaks to me without an outside influence. These are the humble beginnings.
Which is a 16'x 24' garage. It is in the back yard which is a 1/2 acre from the house.
I am alone now as an artist. I do not have the influences of an instructor, or the well missed moments of reflection in a pub with friends or fellow artists.
These works are different, fresher, and more vulnerable. I haven't analyzed them internally and they are less personal and more about the process of freeing my mind of past programing.
Most of them are inspired by Picasso. I started viewing his work since I moved here a year ago. It has loosened me up and helped me move the hand and stop scratching the head.
Now in solitude I have the time to reflect and do the work that speaks to me without an outside influence. These are the humble beginnings.
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Where to start. Like so many before me I sit in front of a blank blog with the intention to write and share my thoughts with the world. This blog is dedicated to the artist in all of us, for the young, and old. The rich and poor, the educated and the degenerate, I feel all is precious in the realm of art. All that follow that impulse from with in, It may be a small voice, a whisper even. For those sitting on the edge and waiting to take the leap, crippled with fear, or hesitating for lack of skill and talent. May this be your inspiration, may this be your guiding light. It is never too late. There is no perfect recipe to be an artist. Just the will to listen to that inner voice. And the courage to make that first movement to creating something from nothing. No matter what your medium, or the content, just do it. Art is for everyone.To veiw or to ceate? that is the question only you can answer.
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