My Painting Blog

Edward Hopper and Pearl Jam - Together Again

  Revisiting Past Favorites - Edward Hopper   The other day my friend Chris downloaded a Edward Hopper catalogue, which included his paintings, sketches and prints (185 images in all) and gave it to me.   He was an artist that had a profound effect on me 14 years…(continue reading)

Being Ahead of the Game

Fighting My Normal Procrastination Tendencies                   For two shows in a row I have completed all new work with a month left to spare.  For as long as I could remember, shows consisted of me...(continue reading)

Showing Up and Doing the Work

My Simple Rule for Being an Artist  The past couple weeks I have been interviewed by college students about what it means to be an artist and more importantly, how to be a working artist.  Trying to be realistic about this question, the simplest and most honest answer I could give them...(continue reading)

New Year / New Work

Working Larger The past couple months have been spent painting larger pieces for a March show at the Mahler Gallery in Raleigh.  As someone who has grown accustomed to painting small pieces, this is quite a transition.  While the mediums and materials are the same (oil/watercolor on paper)...(continue reading)

Practice and Finding Juice

 I worked for 4 months on my show at the museum and afterwards I was spent.  Being focused on one thing for that amount of time and then "poof" it's done does take a toll. This isn't new and I knew that I just needed to rest and not think about next projects/shows.  So I decided to...(continue reading)