In the Studio 1.27.13
Lake Erie finally froze this week. When the Lake freezes, a giant marker highlights 'winter' and shouts WINTER. Often, after many storms, the snow and ice are thrown into huge mountains that reach amazing height…
Month: January 2013
Book Thief
In the summer before third grade, we moved to a small town far from Dayton. The ramshackle house we rented was across the street from the public library. With its pink-marble columns, the library seemed…
David Hickey’s Air Guitar
Do you like to read? Me, I've always been a voracious reader. Like other autodidacts, I let my interests take me where it will--I read what I damn well please. Lately, I've been reading a…
Carl Gaertner
Yesterday was a lucky day--I discovered an artist new to me: Carl Gaertner (1898-1952). Gaertner's reputation is almost entirely local to Cleveland, as Robert Smith's is confined to Dayton. Gaertner was born in Cleveland and lived in…
Love Everything About It
I love everything about art making. This has always been the case for me, but when I was young I was more impatient. I also had an elevated view about the role of artistes. As…
Thomas Frontini at the William Busta Gallery
Yes, the Frontini show really is at the Busta Gallery. Frontini is not listed online among their stable, but I was there--I saw the show with my own eyes. Apparently Busta has given up on its…
Manet in Toledo
I missed the Toledo Art Museum's Manet exhibition. As consultation I am reading Foucault's "Manet and the Object of Painting."
On the Easel 1/6/13
"The Gift" (large painting on the right) and several smaller paintings. "The Gift" is 48" x 48". The smaller ones are from a batch of new canvases I stretched and prepared during the holidays. [caption…