New "Flow" series

Here is a new series; each of the six pieces is acrylic on canvas, 20 inches square.

"Flow 1" (below)



"Flow 2" (below)



"Flow 3" (below)



"Flow 4" (below)



"Flow 5" (below)



"Flow 6" (below)

Please pass the catsup

My favorite trick, drawing with fluid paint squeezed through contact-lens-cleaning-solution bottles, has hit a snag. They're clogging up too easily! A nice smooth line comes running out, then suddenly, nothing ... a tiny line ... nothing ... a big blob ... nothing ... a few dots ... definitely NOT the control I'm looking for.

No amount of cleaning the caps or poking the holes seems to help.

So I thought I'd try using commercial squeeze bottles, and the type sold to restaurants to dispense ketchup seems to be the cheapest. So I placed an order today!

I have a feeling I'll be hankering for some French fries once I start working with them.

New quartet

A new piece: four 30" canvases, displayed together. I haven't tried this format before, but I'm intrigued by the possibilities.

You go, Shakespeare

In "Hamlet," Polonius tells Laertes, "This above all: to thine own self be true."

Good advice, especially for artists.

I am noticing an interesting phenomenon, as I've been showing my work to various art consultants lately. Different people have different tastes.

When I've shown the same range of series to a number of different consultants, some jumped at one and not another, while some jumped at one another had passed on. A few weeks ago, one consultant passed on a triptych that was sold yesterday by another consultant. But the first consultant loved other pieces instead.

I am realizing that, if I had catered to one person's tastes over my own, I would have lost myself in the creative process.

The artist must work to express HERSELF. Sometimes others will like it, sometimes others won't like it. Sometimes someone who liked one series will dislike another, and someone who disliked one series will like another. It's all personal taste.

In the long run, the only opinion that matters is the artist's. So you have to be sure of what you are doing. But once you're sure, you have to stick to your guns.

Five pieces purchased

Great news: just sold five paintings! Details here.

Ripple series

Here is a new series of three canvases, completed yesterday. Each one is acrylic on canvas, 40" high by 28" wide.