Art in the Making

A few weeks ago, an emerging artist asked if she could watch me paint. The request surprised me. I said she could paint with me, if she liked, but I did not think just watching would help her. Next another artist, Joanna Coke, suggested I take photos of my work at different stages as I did them so as to avoid some of the time-consuming mis-steps I make on a consistent basis. I've combined the request and suggestion and decided to show you and myself how I paint. You will see all my formal steps and my deviations, including working on other stuff while my main focus is resting. I do not know how long the process will take but I have will begin and finish a painting in this blog. You may make suggestions or comments along the way. I am wide open to that idea. You do not have to be an artist to make comments or suggestions. You need only to have a desire to be part of the process or a wish to keep me from going off a cliff. Know that I am like artist Randal Dutra who gravitates towards a kind of visual poetry as opposed to hard reporting of subject or slavish detail. What excites me is the suggestion of things and feelings. More to come.