Let’s write about some art I like, for a change. It’s easier to just tear some richly-deserving creep a new one than it is to do justice writing about something you love. I’ve spent a […]
Category: art
Artists I have despised
As I get back into the swing of things after traveling, here is another one of those ranting things written some weeks ago for my own amusement. A pointless screed, venting some things that have […]
Very occasional quote of the day: correct
“Screwing things up is a virtue. Being correct is never the point. Being right can stop all the momentum of a very interesting idea.” – Robert Rauschenberg
Very occasional quote of the day: art state
“The object isn’t to make art, it’s to be in the wonderful state that makes art inevitable.” – Robert Henri, The Art Spirit
Very occasional quote of the day: now
“I defy any painter to say ‘Now I can paint a picture!’ A master is a man who can, to be sure, but he never knows from one picture to the next whether the […]
Scale, purpose, context, and economics
Random artistic/critical concept time, about assessing a piece of art or design, or anything else in life. Assessing meaning “liking things or not.” Everything, all around us, every day, we’re surrounded by little things we […]
Abstract art
Helen Frankenthaler Talking about abstract painting, and attitudes towards it in general, countering some things I’ve heard said many times over the years, sometimes about my own work. Modern painting is easy to relate to […]
Best books: Working Space
Here’s an old favorite, by the painter Frank Stella, who died this week: Working Space— you can read it online at that link. It’s pretty dense, but there’s a lot to learn about art in it. […]
Very occasional quote of the day: rich and famous
R. Crumb and son Jesse, in the movie Crumb: Jesse: You didn’t go to art school and you’re rich and famous. R.: I’m not talking about rich and famous, I’m talking about learning how to […]
Freehand sketching
A couple of interesting art books available “free” on Scribd, for anyone interested in art, or in getting into art, and trying some non-music related creativity. … which I highly recommend. I gave myself permission […]
Painting is a psychological game
I’m a painter as well as a musician— I work in what’s generally called an abstract expressionist style. I’m not making pictures of things, I’m painting until I have something that looks like a painting. […]
About vibe
Vibe: a scientifically accurate illustration I’ve been thinking about something the saxophonist Donald Harrison said in a clinic some months ago: “Music is about vibe. Music is all about vibe.” It was a useful comment […]