Conscious World Art

“Memory is a great artist. For every man and for every woman it makes the recollection of his or her life a work of art, and an unfaithful record.” – Andre Maurois (26 Jul 1885 – 9 Oct 1967) In the spring of 1982 before moving to Portsmouth, NH, I met Lincoln Perry at the […]

“If I could put it in words, there would be no reason to paint.” – Edward Hopper (22 Jul 1882 – 15 May 1967) Drawing and painting in white monochrome on a dark surface, whether paper, panel or canvas, has been an area of interest to me for a number of years. Early in my […]

Put aside all prejudices — think freely. Be not downcast but full of hope. Flee not from life, but walk the path of salvation. – Nicholas Roerich (9 Oct 1874 – 13 Dec 1947) Star of the Hero by Nicholas Roerich, 1933 Sometime in the early 70s when I was just beginning to paint myself, […]

“Voting is the foundational act that breathes life into the principle of the consent of the governed.” — DeForest Soaries (20 Aug 1951 – ) The Dumpster Divers, seen pictured at left in a posterized photo from last years Awards Banquet, an annual event held at Famous Deli at 4th & Bainbridge Streets in Philadelphia, […]

“In a sense, every work you do is a self-portrait because your paintings always reveal more about you than about your subject. Your experience of something, not the something itself, is the true underlying subject of every work you do.” – Richard Schmid (5 Oct 1934 – ) 1983: Portrait of Mary Pillsbury • oil […]

It’s Cap and Gown time of year again, and this morning I reflected on the fact that 50 years ago – a half-century – on 3 June 1966 – a Friday that year as well – I graduated from RISD with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Apparel Design. And it’s been an uphill climb […]

“Drawing is the honesty of the art. There is no possibility of cheating. It is either good or bad.” — Salvador Dali (11 May 1904 – 23 Jan 1989) I drew the human figure a lot in the four-year period from early spring of 1982 when I was still living in Cape Neddick ME before […]