A Theory of Colored Edges: Scientific phenomena always intrigues the artist especially if that phenomena centers around optics. In a sense it is as Plato inferred that art achieves its effect through illusion. I have always bee...
The Heroic Feminine: Myth and the Artistic Journey
The real and modern adventure is no longer to the dark woods of Africa or to the summit of Mount Everest, but through the vast landscape of the soul. This is the coun...
Art and the waking dream:
Image by Smithsonian Institution via Flickr
I often reflect on the power of Alfred Stieglitz's "Equivalents". With such simple observation of clouds, he was able to achieve a feeling of transc...
Value vs. Temperature:
One of the most difficult aspects of painting is how to begin. When I look at paintings in a museum, where one only has the result to look at, I try to fathom where the artist began- how did he or...