TODAY'S FEATURED POST
Find the Magic in Feeling Lost
If you are feeling lost, then you have found something to paint about. Well, express it however you feel it. Paint, draw, sing, write, make music, dance. However you express yourself, just don’t dismiss this feeling. It’s a good sign. Find the magic in feeling lost. Feeling lost is a part of being human. It’s inevitable that we will feel lost at times. It’s the space that marks a plateau between where we were and…
YESTERDAY’S POST
Painting Oz
May 15, 2024 - When I was a young boy, my family would gather around the black and white TV set to watch, every spring, the re-airing of the 1939 movie, The Wizard of Oz. Each year it was a special event both as a really fun movie and as a happy family moment in time. During commercial breaks my parents would talk about which scenes had been changed or cut and how they’d remembered it differently. I remember listening to my parents’ reactions as I sat riveted to the screen. Their discussions during the commercial breaks kept the reality of making a film about fantasylands important to the process. I was learning, even then, of what it takes to realize a vision, to build a dream. This affected how and why I paint. I paid attention to subtle…
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Making Wonder Woman
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