I have been painting a lot in preparation for my upcoming show. It has been weighing heavily on me. I take my work very seriously and always have. Now with a totally new body of work it is even more stressful. I am excited and hope that others will be able to "see" my art. To get and understand it.
Back to the studio...

You can knock me down but I WILL get back up. I always get back up. That is a true painter. How much are you willing to do without reward of any kind? Ask yourself that.

I have been working very hard for my upcoming show in November. Here is the latest painting. It is roughly 5'x6'. I have it laying on the ground. It is made up of several 8''x10'' birch panels.

Working very hard these past few days. Two small paintings finished. The large, large one is going to be one of the biggest paintings I have ever made. No image yet. It just keeps growing and growing.

New small painting, roughly 24''x24''  oil enamel on 32 pieces of birch

New solo show just confirmed for November 22, 2014 -January 3 2015 Herringer Kiss Gallery. Thank you Deborah for the opportunity. Excited to see the new series up for the first time.

 The one thing I have always done is look.
For hours or days on end without a single brush mark. I don't even have to be in front of my painting. It is always on my mind. I am always thinking about and worrying about my next move or my next painting. Not that I plan or that I am so careful with my next step but I do think and look as the painting slows down. At the beginning there is a getting to know the painting time, where I find my way through the painting by painting. Building up and ripping down. Then there is a time where you get down to the last ten brush marks that can be very slow. Seeing when it is done. I paint them until I get them right. What is right? Well right for me has always been a place where I feel that I can leave the painting. It is never about a certain look or style. Because sometimes the best place to leave a painting is where it is uncomfortably right. A place that is not familiar but a place that allows you to move on to the next one without looking back.  



                                       
New painting in progress June 2014