With the economic state of the country, it’s been anxiety producing, so when I get a response to my blog like I did from my friend and fellow artist Bill Willis, I take heart. I take heart from his wise words, reminding me that it is the wind in leaves, the glisten in the water, [...]

“From the moment that art is no longer the sustenance that nourishes the best, the artist may exteriorize his talent in all sorts of experiments with new formulas, in endless caprices and fancy, in all the expedients of intellectual charlatanism.”-Picasso’s Confession, Origin 1964 Apparently when alone, Picasso, like Cezanne, had his doubts. Picasso doubted that [...]

I didn’t go to the studio today-I thought about it, almost went, but chose not to. What I did chose to do was to call a good friend and go for a great hike in the Fairfax watershed. I’d been feeling like I was spending all of my time indoors, either on the computer or [...]