10/20/2009 6:49 AMI am about to begin another set of still life-type paintings. The ones I finished last night were Still Life with Plums instead of apples, Cashews (with the nut) instead of pears. VG’s still life with pottery and two bottles became in my...
10/14/2009 9:13 AMI have just upload to my blog, saying that I have empathised with VG this year and that I am painting what he painted, using Sans Souci as my Arles, and so on. All my backgrounds are red. I have chosen red to lift me out of my blue funk. Nothing like...
10/13/2009 8:56 AMYesterday I painted three works inspired by VG. I started on a fourth but my enthusiasm had run out like a kitchen sink emptying of water. I went to wash my dishes instead that had been sitting in dirty solitude for a few days.I have used crotons as...
I am worn out. Deep in the bone tired of watching the walls in my space that are plain and clear of paintings. Just full of nails and tacks where paintings once hung or where they were supposed to hang. Downstairs I have a room with lots of arts supplies and...
Everyone has the blues. Mine have been so bad that I have begun to paint with red to get myself back on tract. The intense heat (90F) of the past few months, broken – and made worse – by occasional scattered showers has crippled me. Two fans going, upwards...