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As we lean toward the “getting done” instead of the “doing,” in this season of art-making, it is still critical to keep an eye on the quality of the encounter. There is no substitute for true engagement in the paint, … Continue reading →

Seeing a large color-field painting as a teen I was incredulous at the notion that “this is art”. From there to here and now, re-creating one of those luminous monsters, has been quite a trip—literally and figuratively. In the early … Continue reading →

Maybe it was the reoccurring patches of blue in the sky. Or maybe it was the hours of staring into luscious layers of Alizarin Crimson.  Or maybe it was just the Dr. Pepper commercial which had me singing “I gotta’ … Continue reading →

In Hamlet, the prince in his overwhelmed, emotional state, tries to sort out his life and is either feigning or struggling with madness. The old Polonius asks him what he is reading.  His answer: “words, words, words”. Gertrude’s Stein’s famous phrase … Continue reading →

In the Alfred Hitchcock movie “Suspicion” Joan Fontaine suspects her new husband Cary Grant is trying to kill her. As her mistrust grows the images and the actions build the tension. When Grant is simply carrying a glass of milk … Continue reading →

The year 2011 for ArtHouse 23 was a big one.  We saw a 25% increase in new members; the birth of a new gallery; a group show outside of our studio attended by people we don’t even know; all of … Continue reading →

One of our generations’ great abstract painters, Helen Frankenthaler just died at the age of 83. She is quoted as sharing a common mantra at ArtHouse 23: “There are no rules. Let the picture lead you where it must go.” … Continue reading →

Creativity– the ability to use the imagination to develop new and original ideas or things, especially in an artistic context. “An idea is more than a single thing. On the most elemental level an idea is a network. Inside your … Continue reading →

“Art must do something more than give pleasure.  It should relate to our own life so as to increase our energy of spirit.”  Written by Sir Kenneth Clark in a series of articles entitled Looking at Pictures in the London … Continue reading →

On wall after wall in museums and galleries hang story after evolving story.  Until the Realism of the mid to late 19th   century and the Modernist painting of the 20th century most visual art in Western culture was designed to … Continue reading →