grace

i ask for grace several times a day. my mind gets flooded and taunted with memory. everything and nothing is familiar. all i know is that i must keep open, positive. creating what i want. next. i need to paint, but i have stopped for a while now. just keep making sketches. have to make my wonderland, but i am not sure of the terrain. mapping it out. putting myself in the new. heart pulls back. just step outside and love the day, should that be so easy. i sit outside the box.

go ask alice

a quick little sketch of alice. this is going to be so much fun. alice in wonderland is all about change, and the words i am pulling out are fantastic. and who should not seek advice from a catepillar smoking a hookah. i spent the afternoon filling my newsprint notepad full with ideas. and words. when you walk into the room it will be through a giant keyhole. now it will have to have hinges so all can enter. i have it worked out in my mind. and on paper. test is in the construction. i adore cardboard. i think alice lives in a paperbag. paper or plastic? wonderland is in the bag. oh no, there i go. curious and curiouser............

change

i just read in one of my books that once you make a change, then it's like you can't stop. could this be true? what does werner think. this is a portion of a long paneled painting titled change. i have been riding that wave. you really have to

break open. it's also cool to see all the changes other people made, since i made a change. i get dizzy if i think too much about it.

so, i am creating a big new show to hang in the fineline bistro on state street, right after saint pats day.word on the streets say it's the hottest and best restaurant. after that it's the alice in wonderland show. i have always wanted to do that. but no, i don't think i will wear that dress and socks she wears. is it pink?

courage

i made this image maybe two years ago, it's one of my favorites. that's good because i find myself needing courage, alot. i guess one should be inspired by their own work. for me this is also my crest, as is the raven, it hangs on the door that leads to my lair (awesome word). the words that go with it are: to face things and stand up right in front, like the wind from a storm, sometimes just to feel and remember. to step forth and hear your spirit. problem is, not everyone hears or sees your spirit as you do, as you must do. i describe following your spirit as living with question and living by the moon, finding delight in change because nothing ever remains the same. and no, it's not easy.

this image is now a magnet with the words, if you need encouragement.

light

all you need is one word, roll it around in your head, light is a good word. especially in winter, in ithaca. so here's a clouded wispy painting, a light spirit. it will be in the upcoming "hearty souls" show at the kitschen sink. i particularly like how you can view it as the sun carrying the person or the person carrying the sun. i mean really, not just anyone can live in ithaca. thank goodness for imagination. january is the time to hold close your dreams and get ready to make them fly, despite all forecasts.

home

now there's a word thick with so many, many meanings. but after creating so much work for the holidays, i have had time to just be home. i do work from my home so i am home alot, so what am i talking about ? proping myself up in bed with lots of pillows, coffee and a newsprint note pad just doodling. decided to follow bear and pretend i am hibernating. got a good bottle of organic wine, and remembering how much i love winter? no, but i should because i do live in ithaca, a very cold planet.

i am working on pieces for the upcoming show at the kitschen sink and shown is my newest piece, entitled well, HOME. the fun part about this piece is that i actually live on a cliff. so i wish evryone a moment of home, whatever that means to you, and hopefully you are surrounded by some type of the arts. it can make you feel magical and lucky.

artist

I thought artist was a good title, because that's what i am doing, now. alot. I have been so busy haven't had time to keep up on my blog. (thanks rob)
If you can, there's still time to catch a show with me and Werner Sun, an unexpected collaboration called" uplifted" at the Thou-Art gallery in groton. a wonderful venue to visit. Also there's about a week left to catch a show at the Manndible Cafe at Cornell with Ben Marlan.

the image shown is a preview for a show i will be in at the Tompkins County Library entitled "seeing in the dark", opening on Jan. 23rd. You can't go wrong with that title, no matter what you do , it will work. We are constantly seeing in the dark, especially when making art. I also will be in a show at The Kitschen Sink called "hearty Souls" , oh no the opening is almost the same date, it's the 24th.

it's such a pleasure to have so much opportunity...