Bounty
MORE AND MORE these days I find myself applying my experience as a writer and editor to painting. As means of expression, the two obviously share a lot. But until recently, Continue reading
Category: Essays
Art in the Age of Cyberspace
ONE OF THE DISTINCTIVE QUALITIES of our age for artists is the ability, the imperative, the norm of allowing viewers to see the development of ideas and technique over a period Continue reading
Lasting Impressions
NOT ONCE did I ever paint with my parents, indoors or outdoors, as a child or as an adult. Even when my mother lived in two rooms downstairs, we viewed and Continue reading
True Confessions
“Art after all is but the extension of language to the expression of sensations too subtle for words.” –Robert Henri, The Art Spirit (1923) IF ANYONE WONDERS why I publish so many posts Continue reading
Notes from a Census-Taker
AT THE BEGINNING of August, I began a job as an enumerator for the United States Census, going door to door with my government-issued iPhone in an effort to sign people up who Continue reading
