I have twenty-seven new paintings on the site with another ten or so in transit. It feels to me that there has been some progression and I like this body of work.
To one degree or another I work every day and that allows me, I think, to explore a range of perspectives and approaches. The underlying impetus is the same but how they look can vary. The technique I use allows for a great deal of discovery and flexibility and I think that some adaptability and an improvisational approach is almost required.
I've been in Manhattan a few times since I last posted. As always the Met is the best. Saw the Fra Anglelico exhibition there, which truly was wonderful. I loved his work before and love it more now. Perfect work.
(In case you're interested...along this line is a great book I bought recently at Barnes and Noble, "The Great Masters of Italian Art" . It has about the best reproductions of art I've ever seen and is a great deal at $14.98.)
But to me the best thing I saw at the Met and anywhere else for that matter was a Minoan burial reliquary (around 2500 B.C.) made of clay with the most incredible painted surface. The ease and beauty and pure funkiness, for lack of a better word, of that piece knocked me over and out.
Finally, I've had a picture of my kids taken when they were little that is, let us say, perhaps not as flattering to them as it might have been...but one of the funniest kids pictures I've ever seen. With their permission please see below.
Anyhow, if you would like to see any of the new or old pieces in person please let me know and I would be happy to arrange to bring them to you.
Thanks for visiting.
Bob |