I have wanted to update my website for a while. Before I was using a blog format because fo the urgency of getting some work online to be able to direct people to. Plus the blog was extremely easy to update. However, I never felt like it was as professional as I wanted but was [...]
Archive for January, 2010
Artist website: your online open studio
Posted in Being an Artist on January 28, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Jury Doodie: Are Juried Exhibitions Worth It?
Posted in Being an Artist, exhibitions on January 27, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Sorry for the terrible word play in the title, I just couldn’t resist. Okay, So I was wondering something lately because as I have gone through my taxes I realized I have entered a bit of competitions, juried exhibitions and or open calls. The kind you pay for. The ones that are both fundraising [...]
Micheal Disfarmer and Bill Frisell
Posted in Photography, music on January 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve always had a soft spot for Bill Frisell, I admit I love jazz in all of its manifestations, except maybe the Wave which is not totally bad except for the flashbacks to long root canals in the dentist chair. But Frisell is always a trailblazer and an artist rooted in a nutrient rich, diverse [...]
Portfolio Reviews, like being naked on the first day of school
Posted in Being an Artist, Photography on January 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve been gearing up to attend a handful of portfolio reviews in the coming year or two and having never attended one I had lots of questions. It’s exciting and nerve-racking. Let’s face it being an artist by nature is a vulnerable endeavor but in a review with 6-8 people who could do and say [...]
The power of influence on art and artist
Posted in Being an Artist, Essays, life on January 20, 2010 | 3 Comments »
I don’t know why but I was thinking about influence recently, especially after my post about Eric Sall and how I desperately want to have made those canvases. I like them so much that I think about my work in regards to his even though they are no where similar. Perhaps subconsciously I will start [...]
Allison Schulnik-Grizzly Bear
Posted in Painting on January 18, 2010 | 4 Comments »
I was awake late last night with a lot on my mind. Then I stumble on this and for some reason things seem a little clearer now…is that weird? Sorry for the non specifics but they would be boring. What matters is that Allison Schulnick deserves the success she is getting [...]
Heights Arts Opening/SpaceLAB Call For Entries/Powerhouse Books Portfolio Review-phew
Posted in Openings, exhibitions on January 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Just thought on an above average warm (for Cleveland January) Friday I would pen a few random thoughts and ambitions not just for me but for any one else interested.
This, them most likely if I can get someone to hang out with my wee ones, an exhibition opening at Heights Arts of paintings and glass [...]
Winter Reading
Posted in books on January 13, 2010 | 2 Comments »
My studio is cold this winter. There is a heater in there but its big and scary like the furnace in Home Alone and the pilot light went out and I’ve procrastinated in relighting it ( not as easy of a task as it sounds ) so I often just end up staying in….and drinking [...]
Eric Sall makes me want to paint.
Posted in Uncategorized on January 11, 2010 | 3 Comments »
I don’t know why but I have been thinking about one of my favorite painters of emerging status. A newer albeit rather successful and well shown painter, Eric Sall always gets me going. I hadn’t heard much from him lately since his solo show at ATM in 2008 and was nervous about his fate as [...]
Jean Michel Basquiat and Fame
Posted in Uncategorized on January 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I love this sequence from Schnabels Basquiat. As much as I read Glenn O’Brein and others smashing this movie as an inaccurate pompous account of JM, I really like it and other movies of Schnabels…Before Night Falls. Full disclosure I’m not that moved by his painting, I’ll give it to him [...]
