My stomach is fed. The dishes are done and I'm ready to get back into painting. It feels like a scene underwater, below the waterline of a ship.
6/25/10 Waterline
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6/24/10 Tornado
In Jackson Pollock’s biography by Deborah Solomon, a classmate said this of Jackson: he is “an immature person with fancy ideas but no discipline.” Pollock felt “frightened and bored” by people. “To Jackson, his father was more vivid as an absence than as a presence, leaving him with a fierce need to find someone or ...
Creativity can solve anything
“Creativity can solve anything.” George Lois in the film “Art & Copy.” The right side of my face has been feeling weird lately. There’s been an uncomfortable pressing sensation in my bones. What am I trying to overcome? Painting helps me get rid of things that don’t belong. I can’t change what happened but I can ...
6/6/10 Grappa
Sunday 6/6/10 9:30 am My stomach is still not feeling well. A friend once told me that grappa is used to setting your stomach after eating too much. So, I took a couple of drips of Tony’s grappa (Tony is my ninety-two year old godfather who makes his own 140 proof grappa). I want to ...
6/4/10: Quad
Friday 6/4/10 4:30 pm In the same way the physical body is connected to our emotional body, writing is connected to painting and if you can write you can also paint. The type of painting I’m referring to is expressive painting, where you let your brush become an outlet for your emotions. Writing in a journal, pouring ...
Good Luck Treat
On my Thursday walk, there was a painting in an antique shop window that caught my eye. The store was filled with beautiful craftsman lamps and tables and artifacts (all way above my price range). Then I saw a sign in front of Italian perfume bottles: $35 or 2 for $60. There were more inside ...
5/28/10
Symbols have been showing up in my paintings. While I was working on this painting, this symbol came to mind. I have no idea what it means. I used the green base titled, “Money 2008” and added Payne’s gray, super pearl gold, and super pearl white, aka by me as wedding dress white. Started watching Bones, ...
Sliver of Sight
5/28/10 6:30 pm This is my view of the world from my balcony. A tiny sliver of sight but a lot of electrical noise. The 24-7 car motor hum from the Metro, the loud Spanish radio, the beautiful music of birds. My street is a busy street in a busy neighborhood. So much is within walking ...
5/18/10 10pm
My painting is in beet juice red, grass green, and metallic wedding white. After the first layer was dry, I thought to add light yellow. As I'm blending the contrasting colors, that stirring in the core of my stomach starts vibrating. My tingling stomach means something good is happening, that the colors I am using ...
5/14/10: My Guardian Angel
When I started this painting, I was just pushing the paint around and this image appeared of a woman and child. It represents Arlene, the mom of my lifelong childhood friend, who I refer to as my second mom. She was my guardian angel while growing up on Helenbrook. She took me under her ...