“Night and Day” The Colors of Jazz 24″ x 18″ ©2021, Molly Larson Cook Acrylic on canvas $400 In the art world, as everywhere else, the pandemic has wreaked a certain amount of damage. And I don’t mean just lost opportunities to exhibit or to make sales. The art wheels are turning slowly, creaking as it were, and I’m happy to report that it’s … Continue reading A Relationship With Something Outside Ourselves
“Above/Below” #1, Red Iris Series Mixed media on cardboard Mixed media on cardboard 5″ x 8″ 5″ x 8″ These are originals, not prints. They are matted to size 8″ x 10″ and sell for $35 each, including shipping. T.S. Eliot was wrong about April being the cruelest month. At least wrong for this year. January was cruel indeed around here, and instead of spending … Continue reading Don’t Get Caught Chasing Shiny Objects
“…whose woods these are I think I know…” Acrylic on canvas 20 X 24 ©2019, Molly Larson Cook (Poetry and painting) I thought it was perhaps because I’m so relatively new in the art world. Or maybe I was overthinking the work and my art brain was rebelling. Or maybe my quirks were taking over and nobody but me had this oddly vague idea … Continue reading The Spirit of the Work
“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
24″ x 30″ acrylic © 2018, Molly Larson Cook “A Felicidade” “In order to be open to creativity, one must have the capacity for constructive use of solitude. One must overcome the fear of being alone.” ~ Rollo May I’ve begun work on a new collection of jazz paintings, putting my solitude to constructive use as Dr. May suggested. I’ve long been open to creativity, … Continue reading Creativity, Solitude and Happiness
I’ve been working on edges this week. In Walt Disney’s version of Alice in Wonderland, there’s a musical number, “Painting the Roses Red,” in which the minions of the Queen of Hearts are tasked with doing just that – painting the white roses red. I’ve been humming that tune all week, adding my own words, “Painting the edges black.” And doing just that to the … Continue reading Life on the Edge(s)
Art and Tulips 