My newest article for Art21 features an interview with my mentor in graduate school, Beverly Fishman, who shares her thoughts on being a teaching artist. Read the entire post here.
“Being an artist is a very rich and self-directed life. The rewards are great because you are living out your own vision, but you have to work very hard at it.” — Beverly Fishman
Image courtesy of the artist and Galerie Richard, New York, NY.
In my post this month for Art21, Artist Beverly Fre$h and author Gigi Rosenberg offer pointers on funding for artists. Read the article here.
There are new paintings in my studio but they are all still very unfinished. It’s been a long time since I’ve shown any images of my own work on this blog, so tonight I am posting a picture of one of my new paintings in progress… 
Yesterday my newest article for Art21 posted about the incredible performance artists Jennifer Catron and Paul Outlaw. You can read about how these two young artists make ends meet, rat tails and much more here.
My fellow alums, Jen and Paul will be featured at the grand re-opening of the Cranbrook Museum of Art today, November 11, 2011 as featured in The New York Times!
My first post for the new column Praxis Makes Perfect at Art21 is now online! In this post, I introduce myself to readers.
I have also included a selection of work and a few words from 13 recent MFA graduates. Check out what they have to say about being a young artist!
Here is the link to the article, “End-troducing” | Art21.
Big thanks to all the artists who contributed to this post:
Amanda Long, N. Sean Glover, Ely Kim, Christian Benefiel, Christi Birchfield, Mary Reid Kelley, Johanna Wolfe, Jordan Wayne Long, Robin Walker, Brie Ruais, Brendan Clark Smith, Lauren Ruth, Joy Holland, Satoru Nihei, Santtu Mustonen
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If you are in San Diego this weekend, you can see some of my work at FinnFest 2011.
Thursday, August 11, 2011 – 12:00 – 16:30
Self Portrait, 2011, oil on board, 8 x 10 inchesI am what is around me.
Women understand this.
One is not duchess
A hundred yards from a carriage.
These, then are portraits:
A black vestibule;
A high bed sheltered by curtains.
These are merely instances.
–from my own tattered copy of Wallace Stevens, The Collected Poems, page 86
Vintage Books, New York, copyright 1982
July 15 is the birthday of the Dutch painter, Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669).
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Tuomas, 2011, oil on panel, 5 x 7 inches
Tuomas (II), 2011, oil on panel, 9 x 12 inches
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