Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Esto Perpetua: Blue Field

About my ongoing Esto Perpetua series: I began this series several years ago, based around the Latin phrase of 'esto perpetua' (it is forever) which is written within the painting, worked into many transparent layers for the viewer to find and ponder.These canvases, both large and small, are always one of a kind, and depict nature and the sacredness of our earth. No trace of mankind is ever found in these landscapes, only mystery and peacefulness, quiet beauty, a sense of timelessness and spirituality. My belief is that nature is omnipresent, precious, powerful, and sacred. This series has become my language, my message to a world that needs to hear it. While a quiet, contemplative message, I hope it comes across loud and clear.


Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing
and rightdoing there is a field.
I'll meet you there.
When the soul lies down in that grass
the world is too full to talk about. -Rumi

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Art Trek Show


One of my paintings at the Upstairs Artspace...shown with Jim Cornell pottery.

A successful and busy "Art Trek Tryon: Foothills Open Studios Tour"! Thanks to all for making it a great event. More information can be found at the link to the right for the Upstairs. Art is work! And...life.

The Landscape

"The true artist is not concerned with the likeness of form, but aims at bringing forth the rhythm that pulsates within it, and then is carried to the beholder.” -- Su Tung-p’o, 10th Century Chinese poet

Monday, July 6, 2009

Sunset: Remembering


You are cloud, sea, forgetting;
you are also what you lost in a moment--
we are all those who have left.
The reflection of our face in the mirror
changes each instant
and every day has its own labyrinth.
The cloud vanishing in the sunset is our image;
endlessly, a rose becomes another rose.
--Jorge Luis Borges