Another Maine poem, another new painting. Whither this project? Well, the project has been on hold for the past few weeks thanks to the holidays and a frigid weather spell that kept me out of the studio. There were also a fair number of other distractions large and small about work, weather, and the future of art and creativity in the days of AI and … Continue reading Art, Poetry and Finding One’s Posse
“What veteran artists know about each other is that they have engaged the issues that matter to them. What veteran artists share in common is that they have learned how to get on with their work. Simply put, artists learn how to proceed, or they don’t. The individual recipe any artist finds for proceeding belongs to that artist alone…”— Bayles & Orland, Art & Fear … Continue reading Proceeding Through the Heat
Sunny Side of the Street ©2021, Molly Larson Cook30 x 24, acrylic$800 Charlie Parker: “They teach you there’s a boundary line to music. But, man, there’s no boundary line to art.” I write this with snow falling just outside my window. It’s a lovely sight – peaceful and clean and quiet. But it’s chilly. There’s no sunshine today and perhaps not tomorrow. Still, a snow day … Continue reading No Boundary Line to Art
Unlike the Walrus and the Carpenter, the Artist and the Carpenter were not wandering along a sandy shore (although they’ve been known to do so) looking for oysters (neither of them eat the things) or talking of cabbages and kings (they have better things to talk about). No, the Artist and the Carpenter were wandering through one of the bigger-than-big box hardware stores the other day – he in search … Continue reading The Artist and the Carpenter
In my last post, I wrote about a change in the artistic weather for me as I left behind my Colors of Jazz collection and headed down an entirely new track. Oh, how we kid ourselves. After finishing the first two paintings (posted here earlier), I believed I was headed down the wrong new track and gave this a lot of thought. I longed for … Continue reading Constancy and Choice – The Tools an Artist Needs Most
Art and Tulips 