Oct 30, 2011 | Uncategorized |
Free At Last To me, the worst thing about writing a blog is that my audience is invisible, largely silent and possibly non-existent. As I sit here and bang out the words, my sense as to whom I’m writing is vague at best. Therefore, it is difficult for me to aim my...
Oct 17, 2011 | Uncategorized |
On Teaching Painting And The Necessity Of Politics I wanted to write about Occupy Wall Street (OWS) and what it means for painters, but before I jump in I thought I would lay some groundwork. The point I would like to make is that art and politics are always...
Oct 9, 2011 | Uncategorized |
Make Love, Not Pictures Many years ago when I was teaching political science at the University of California, Santa Cruz, a young female student (who knew that I painted) asked me, “Is painting like making love”? Quite taken back by the question and not wanting to get...
Sep 19, 2011 | Uncategorized |
Sep 1, 2011 | Uncategorized
The Rise And Fall Of The Almighty Brushstroke The Impressionists were simply the last wave of painters that finally broke the control over painting that aristocrats had held so tightly for hundreds of years. Count de Nieuwekerke, imperial director of the Beaux-Arts,...
