“Have You Met Miss Jones?” The Colors of Jazz Collection ©2020, Molly Larson Cook 30″ x 24″ Acrylic and ink on gallery-wrapped canvas “This thing of seeing things. All kinds of seeing. Dead seeing. Live seeing. Things that are mere surfaces. Things that are filled with the wondrous. Yes, color must be seen beautifully, that is, meaningfully, and used as a constructive agent, borrowed … Continue reading This Thing of Seeing Things
How can we trace, really, the beginnings of our creative life? We write our biographies, our artists’ statements, we tell the stories, but how do we know for certain that this moment or that was the beginning? Biographies of musicians sometimes include “She picked up the guitar at age 3 and…” But really? Is that the beginning a creative life? Or, “He began writing short … Continue reading It’s Not Just About Feeling and No, a Four-Year-Old Couldn’t Do It
“Doxy” The Colors of Jazz Collection ©2020, Molly Larson Cook 28 x 22 Acrylic on Canvas The well-known philosopher of the late 20th century, Miss Piggy, once advised: “When opportunity knocks, you don’t just open the door and let him in. You open the door, get out the Taittinger ’66, and pin him to the couch!” I didn’t have any Taittinger ’66 on … Continue reading Acting with the Universe!
“Cool Blues” ©2020, Molly Larson Cook 36″ x 24″ Acrylic on canvas Where does it come from – the art impulse? Out of all the things we can do, what is it makes us pick up a crayon or a pencil, a paintbrush, pen or stick of charcoal to record one thing or another that we see or imagine? I don’t have the answer. … Continue reading The Creative Spirit – Everybody Can Play
Art and Tulips 