things i do for love
July 24, 2017
What you see is what you get …
things i do for love
July 20, 2017
studying the colors of the world – or to be more precise: (and a little less pretentious) the colors of winged maple seeds (samaras) this is where I start – a twig of winged maple seeds .. this is what i’ve got to help me – Van Gogh travel kit, 12 panes .. this is … More things i do for love
things I do for love
July 19, 2017
regarding sketching: the more you do, the better it feels – just try it!
listening to trees
July 9, 2017
from the opening of The White Room, by Charles Simic The obvious is difficult To prove. Many prefer The hidden. I did, too. I listened to the trees. They had a secret Which they were about to Make known to me– And then didn’t.
The Canterbury Tales (cont.)
July 3, 2017
Sunday in the Cathedral
The Canterbury Tales
July 2, 2017
My re-discovered love for sketching has taken me to England for the weekend. Here I have “landed” in a fantastic workshop called Evoking a Sense of Place, led by Simone Ridyard & Pat Southern-Pearce Urban Sketchers The world is full of magic!
Finally some good news:
June 21, 2017
I’d like to think I can represent all those artists who heroically have kept going and are successful, but are not recognised or acclaimed. —Phyllida Barlow Can it be true, as some say: Old women are replacing young men in the art world We can at least hope! After having been overlooked for decades, the … More Finally some good news:
Think and Do
June 18, 2017
I always have to be doing something, accomplishing some- thing, fixing something, going somewhere, feeling purposeful, useful, competent—even coughing, as I just did, gives me the satisfaction of having “just cleared something up.” The phone bill arrives and minutes later I’ve written the check. The world starts to go to war and I shout, “Hey, … More Think and Do
If you don’t enjoy the doing, then do something else …
June 13, 2017
AND SO: here is a post bordering on New-Age claptrap, I still hope it can give some sense For some of us starting new things, changing direction, entertaining new ideas – stirs fear: As children most of us are encouraged to believe that our life should somehow fulfill the expectations of others, that we will (or … More If you don’t enjoy the doing, then do something else …
To know what you’re going to draw, you have to begin drawing – .
June 11, 2017
“A self that goes on changing is a self that goes on living,” –Virginia Woolf Robert Penn Warren: In the phrase [“to find myself”] lurks the idea that the self is a pre-existing entity, a self like a Platonic idea existing in a mystic realm beyond time and change. (…) And the essence of absurdity, … More To know what you’re going to draw, you have to begin drawing – .
