Mexican paper flowers Leave home, leave the country, leave the familiar. Only then can routine experience—buying bread, eating vegetables, even saying hello—become new all over again. – Anthony Doerr So I did. Left home, left country, left the familiar. Okay, I only did it for a couple of days over Memorial Day weekend, and it wasn’t far from my front door to the border of Mexico, … Continue reading Traveling with an Artist’s Eyes…and Heart
“Blue Bossa” ©2018, Molly Larson Cook 24″ x 30″ acrylic on canvas available From the ever-helpful and inspiring little book of wisdom I carry around with me, Art and Fear: On the perils (and rewards) of artmaking by Ted Orland and David Bayles, come these words of not just any old wisdom, but cowboy wisdom: “When your horse dies, get off.” In all its simplicity, the phrase … Continue reading Cowboy Wisdom
“Morning Dance” © 2018, Molly Larson Cook Acrylic on canvas, 24″ x 30″ “Painting is the easiest job on earth, until you get to the painting part.” Brian Rutenberg I’d like to meet Brian Rutenberg and if I ever get back to New York, I’ll look him up. I found this line of his on somebody else’s blog and immediately remembered Picasso’s declaration that … Continue reading The Painting Part — with Singing and Dancing
Art and Tulips 