London paintings

 The Bruegels were so small, like little jewels, any piece of the painting could be a painting, the serene teaching from the boat and the disaster at sea

the mandala of the ancient cephlapod

 This was not even a painting, it was a repainting of an ancient roman design

 Pre-Raphaelite landscape, the artist put himself in there somewhere

 Pre-Raphaelite fragment, and a tapestry, something to the effect of love leading the pilgrim through the forest

 The Titian Bacchus and Ariadne, some kind of sad story, apparently Ariadne had been abandoned by Theseus on an island when Bacchus showed up on his chariot pulled by cheetahs, along with his entourage of rather scary characters...

 the Turners, two of the Turners

mountain clouds paris airport bakery

 mountain paintings i am working on...trying to make a painting of something without really painting something, trying to get the paint to be the clouds...also a prayer flag still life, and paris bakery, paris airport bakery

 

door to the river

 country road sign and a city door, it seemed like they went together somehow...door to the river?

george inness...

 The George Inness with the dark figure offers a reminder that we maybe life goes somewhere, that we always carry that companion connected to the next world

studio wall

red rocks, Nevada

first steps are hard: hypothetical drawings

drawing at the beginning of a painting

 I found some drawings I had stored away in Port Washington, two are monoprints, two are mandalas,  and one an illustration from The Dream Jar.

monoprint

mandala monoprint

montana mandala

The Dream Jar

monoprint

First steps are hard  (Twyla Tharp)“We believe our ancestors are watching us, even if we do not see them,” Sina Koy said.  “It was because of the spirits of the ancestors inside me that I became a dancer.” .”  For it so happens that I have never been able to convince myself the dead are utterly dead.  I admire rational people and envy their clear heads, but what’s the use of kidding? (Saul Bellow)

lounge chair of heaven

the lounge chair of heaven

And not the least of the difficulties is that it happened as in a dream.

the disney swan, Orlando. Tony Wagner talked about innovation, and said schools do not usually create environments for innovation because they stress individual achievement, specialization, penalize mistakes, encourage passivity, and do not cultivate intrinsic motivation. Children who manage to overcome school and become successful innovators always cite a mentor, if the mentor happens to be a teacher, the teacher was always an outlier in the institution...

flying over long island

cabin, 8,899 elevation

congo power figure

concrete counters

flying over long island, thinking about that Congo power figure, getting nails pounded into him all the time, just pound another nail, i am here for you...flying back to the cabin in the wasatch mountains, goodbye room

a few paintings

the story about the trees, and the path, and the boats

sketch for a book

lounge chair symbolizes heaven

a little house on the side of the road

waterfall and girl

 Alyssa Grant's final exhibition

reminded me of these trees and rocks in the Shawangunks