new to me: Deborah Salomon collage

Yesterday found us at the Art for Life Auction, where we were happy to donate art to a good cause-- and come home with art! I've always loved Deborah's work.

In-progress today

After a month spent just finishing up that batch of paintings for Far West, now I'm working on this. As Tony said, 'for every action there is an equal & opposite reaction'-- so perhaps this is the opposite of stripes. 3 x 6 feet.

(As always, click to see bigger.)

Of Gifts & Genius

I'm bumping this up to the top for my Monday Morning peeps to find-- it's Elizabeth Gilbert (of Eat, Pray, Love fame) speaking on the nature of 'genius'. I was reminded of this by a book I've begun reading called "The Gift" by Lewis Hyde (subtitled: Creativity & the Artist in the Modern World) which came highly praised by another group of artists.
And if you've never heard of the TEDtalks, another fascinating one is Jill Bolte Taylor's talk on lessons learned by surviving a stroke.

Today's the Day... Opening Reception

Hey guys, today (Saturday) is in fact the day--
I have an opening reception downtown here in Graton.
Drop by if you're in the neighborhood:
Far West Trading Company, 3-6pm.
Scroll down 2 posts for links & more!

P.S. Thanks to all who came out, & Lou, Gary, Naisie et al.
Look how cute they are...

Show continues til October 4th, & while you're in town, check out paintings by Janet Moore, Lorraine Cook & gallery artists at the Graton Gallery, too!

Stripes!

In honor of my upcoming show at Far West Trading Company in Graton-- now my Stripe Series has it's own page! See here.