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Three New Works

It has been a little while since I posted new work.  Things have been a bit slower in the studio lately and I delayed some photography until I purchased better studio lighting.  With all that taken care of, I can … Continue reading

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Meeting with a Chelsea Gallery

Although certainly not true for all artists, many have a strong desire to show their work in Chelsea, the Manhattan neighborhood where hundreds of contemporary art galleries are located.  It is debatable, but for many the art capital of the … Continue reading

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The Experience of Vermont Studio Center, Part IV

It has been almost two months since my residency at VSC and already some of my memories are fading.  However, I wanted to sum up this series of posts with probably the biggest idea to come from it (not related … Continue reading

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The Experience of Vermont Studio Center, Part III

One of the reasons I was so excited to have a residency at the Vermont Studio Center was to interact with up to four successful professional artists.  Having no formal art training and having never participated in a critique, the … Continue reading

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Moving Forward, Owning the Past

I wanted to take a quick break in the VSC experience posts to talk about something that has been on my mind lately.  I’m not sure what I expect to come from this topic, but I feel the need to … Continue reading

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The Experience of Vermont Studio Center, Part II

I apologize for the delay in publishing the second part of my Vermont Studio Center experience.  A week ago today my wife and I had to put down our wonderful cat, Maisy.  She had suffered a stroke the week before … Continue reading

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The Experience of Vermont Studio Center, Part I

I’ve written a great deal about the work I made while at VSC.  Without a doubt, the month of January was the most artistically productive time of my life.  Remember, I was able to complete 43 works in 24 days, … Continue reading

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New Paintings

I still plan to write more about my time at VSC, but I wanted to interrupt the flow of posts with a quickie sharing the first new paintings I’ve made since being back home.  As you can probably tell, I … Continue reading

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Rob Hitzig Visits My VSC Studio

While in Vermont for my residency, fellow artist Rob Hitzig visited my studio to see my work in person.  Prior to his visit he had only seen jpegs of the new wood panels I’ve been doing.  Walking around them in … Continue reading

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Vermont Studio Center, Part VI

As mentioned in the last post, a fellow resident, Baltimore-based Kim Manfredi, gave me an idea for a painting that piqued my interest.  She responded to the works where the applied paint looked like bands of tape with an idea … Continue reading

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