Scatter the Sky…Amy Lowell, Fictional Colors, Morning Mist

  “scatter the sky with my blazing heart” © 2019, Molly Larson Cook 18″ x 24″   Acrylic and ink Available You already know how much I love color – that animal that wags its own tail.  My color chart is always handy and my paint box goes well beyond red, yellow and blue although I enjoy mixing my own colors from those and a few … Continue reading Scatter the Sky…Amy Lowell, Fictional Colors, Morning Mist

Art, Chopin, Mazurkas, and Your One Wild and Precious Life

    “Your one wild and precious life” ©2019, Molly Larson Cook 18″ x 24″, Acrylic and ink on canvas Available   When my old friends whom I’ve never met, David Bayles and Ted Orland write about finding your work in their Art & Fear, they raise the spirit of Chopin to talk about useful forms on which to hang our art aprons or berets.  … Continue reading Art, Chopin, Mazurkas, and Your One Wild and Precious Life

Painting, Papa and Waltzing

  “My Papa’s Waltz” ©2019, Molly Larson Cook Acrylic on canvas, 24″ x 30″ Available When someone once said that “A picture is worth a thousand words,” a pundit quickly countered with this challenge:  “If that’s true, paint the Gettysburg address.” As an abstract expressionist painter who loves color, I don’t begin my work with a particular idea in mind.  I begin with what in … Continue reading Painting, Papa and Waltzing