Monday, December 14, 2009

December 14


As I take the time to make substan revisions in the current piece "Shrubs", I also encounter the same old piece of me that constantly says are you doing what you must to achieve optimum results in your work?

As the work progresses, I continue to ask this question, less and less frequently as the work progresses. When I stop asking I can usually be assured that the work is done. I have as of yet not reached that point in its creation. When one makes radical changes one ask questions. When the questions are answered the work can continue to grow.

If not they are not answered or ignored then one must settle the internal dispute or suffer future consequences. If an artist can not listen to its inner voice then there is no check.

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I have spent 35 years teaching in schools from New York to L.A.County. I have been a principal in New York and California. I tend to paint what I see, or at least what I think I see in my memories.