Being in Control

I completed this painting quickly. I don’t know where the idea came from and I had trouble coming up with a name for it. I’m guessing that my brain was trying to tell me that I am not in control....

“Jasper Johns: Gray “

       The Art Institute of Chicago is presenting an exhibition of noted artist Jasper Johns from November 3, 2007 thru January 6, 2008.  The event focuses on his use of the color “gray”. “This exhibition emerges from broader studies of Johns’ approach to form, examining for the...

A Farewell to “Easy Rawlins’ Mysteries”

   Blonde Faith, is the final book of the popular series, written by Walter Mosley. We were introduced to Easy Rawlins in Devil in a Blue Dress, 1990. (This was also made into a great 1995 movie with Denzel as “Easy” and Don Cheadle as his explosively, lethal buddy...

Martin Puryear * Sculptor

Old Mole, 1985 (Red cedar, 61 x 61 x 34 in.) African-American sculptor, Martin Puryear has an exhibit of 30 years of his wood, stone and metal sculptures at the Museum of Modern Art, New York (Thru Jan. 14, 2008). “His work may superficially resemble tools or furniture, but they are imbued with a...

Scottsdale Artists’ School announces classes in North Valley

“Art Thursdays”, drawing and watercolor classes for beginning and intermediate artists and a plein air open studio, to be held in Cave Creek beginning on January 17, 2008. The classes will run for 8 weeks, through March 6. “Beginning Drawing” will be taught by Larry Charles on Thursdays from 9 am...