09 Jan Intellectual Indoors, or Windswept Treasure Outside?

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="grid" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]Now that the Art of Action written proposal has been submitted, I feel as if I am embarking upon a new chapter as...

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05 Jan Tip Top Gathering and Partir Est Mourir un Peu

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="grid" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]I was nervous about attending the Art of Action soirée at the Tip Top on Saturday evening among such a large group of...

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21 Dec Bifurcation and Gainsborough

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="grid" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] I met with Reverend Thomas Brown at the rectory of St Michael's Episcopal Church yesterday afternoon, where I made his portrait sketch. Even...

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17 Dec Recent Discovery of Awe-Inspiring American Paintings

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="grid" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] I recently made a visit to the Book Mill in Montague, MA, where I discovered a variety of paintings by American artists, paintings...

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15 Dec Nugget Mania

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="grid" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]Although I've appreciated the phenomenal beauty resulting from an ice storm, after the fourth full day of being dislodged from my house and...

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12 Dec Devastating ice storm finds me sketching at McD’s

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="grid" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] What a strange place to find myself, no? So, stirring in my sleep in the wee hours of the morning, I was quite...

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11 Dec Halifax’s Explosive Winery

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="grid" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] How does unregulated zoning in a small rural town influence my painting ideas regarding the Art of Action? It is a complex issue,...

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09 Dec American Marriage, third version

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="grid" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]Art of Action: Attempted my third version of American Marriage. Essentially, two sets of figures occupy the foreground; embracing nude women and the...

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09 Dec the Grippe and the Town Clerk

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="grid" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]I hope I am finally recovering from a forty-eight-hour flu which has gripped every aching corner of my body. All I could manage...

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