The drawing starts with an idea, it bumps along, suffering the indignity of corrections (erasures) and re-work, and along the way it illuminates -- almost randomly -- some brilliant (and…
The Rutkowski Loop posits that the same painting is not. I owe it all to Walter Rutkowski. He was my professor at LSU who said something like this to me…
My paintings typically emerge slowly, they haunt me for a day or three or twenty-three until they suddenly freeze in their tracks, say boo! and -- eventually -- disappear.
November 2014 I've been painting almost every day for the past few weeks and things are starting to stack up. Here's a view of the table top where the most…
My paintings and drawings are the result of a wrestling match between me and the canvas. During this process I rework, erase, and even turn everything upside down to correct…
Just close your eyes Cool Blue Roderick says -- or seems to say -- "Just breathe." The Backstory This image was featured in Character Development: Portrait Studies at the Trueblood…
The Bicycle Day Dream "Am I imagining this?" he asked aloud. He leaned his bicycle against the wall. Having no kickstand, the only other alternative was to lay it down…
I gazed at the far side of Spirit Lake where pines created their sawtooth pattern against an overcast sky. It was early morning on a cool summer day but it…
Watercolor painting of a sweetgum leaf and its shadow. It's funny, isn't it?, that we're surrounded by a zillion of these and they are all different and all beautiful. That’s…