#artmaking process

A year of selling a house, buying a house, and moving cross country kind of put me in artmaking purgatory. And I wondered how to jump start my studio practice again…or whether that was even the right question. I recognize that I work best when I am researching a theme, writing about it, drawing a bit, reading; but I have been questioning the motivation behind what I see as my, sometimes,…

Raw materials—influences and ingredients

       Doodling from my sketchbook Finding ideas and processes to explore a new idea—that’s what I’m thinking about these days. It’s about mapping intimate geography: reappearing patterns, personal space, favorite symbols, and the passage of time. A lot of stuff. I want a sense of rawness and spontaneity…and obscured meaning in the work I create. So far I’ve been working with paintings on canvas,…

I was thinking about the relationship between making art and silence and looking for some insight…so, I’ve been reading the book Silence by Robert Sardello. Really, more like wading through it. I’ve been puzzled by the reviews and comments that are included in the book’s foreword. Based on those comments, I supposed that the writing would be straightforward and would easily lead me into a…

Continuing with the 100DayProject and my focus on continuity and connectivity… From what I have been reading in a variety of books, and from my own experiential evidence, I want to try tuning into the landscape here—have an openness to what is around me when I walk or when I stop to listen and look.  And then I want to come back to my studio and “ooze” it out into an art work…as if I could shed…

Crumbling arroyo wall–blocks of dirt fall,  widening the wash I’ve signed up again this year for The100DayProject. Actually, I’m a little behind in posting, but not in thinking. The launch was the winter solstice, December 21st. I’ve been reading, reading, reading, and trying to sink into understanding a relationship between hope (a suggestion for the project), the span of time between the winter…

Where to go? What to do?

Doodling with maps in mind

With the pandemic still in full swing, I feel like I’ve come to a full stop. Lack of motion. Lack of motivation.

I’m having a hard time figuring out how I want to express my ideas about mapping. I’m intrigued by maps because they seem like a ticket to a different reality. They suggest that there is a perceivable route to be taken, A to B, and that there is information…

Mapping the strata XVIII

I thought I needed a way to reinvigorate my Mapping the strata series. I don’t know how other artists regard their work, whether they are content to explore a particular genre or theme throughout their career, but I felt like I was becoming a little predictable after Mapping the strata XVIII. I needed a new way of considering my intent and interest…and a new way of…