Painting: Together again, 30×40, oil w. epoxy resin, framed.

Art is more like a long-term relationship. Art is the joy of creating. Art illustrates the importance of connecting. Art requires patience, heartfelt devotion and tireless dedication.

Like any relationship, fullfillment comes when all these elements come together.

Living the life of an artist is a choice for me. Perhaps a calling. It calls me to the present moment. We tend to move from past to future, always onto the next thing. Making art is the demand to be present, to take the risk of not knowing anything, of experimenting. It is deeply humbling.

Collecting art is also a matter of the heart. Let’s forget about economics for a while… can we?

The selection of art is a very personal experience. Trust your instincts. Look for art that is high in quality and a depth that will radiate over many years.

Art is a life long commitment.

TOAST

It came to me at 3:30 in the morning. The word I have been looking for, that hold everything. The word that holds up my new series of Graffiti. Graffiti on large panels with silver leaf. weeks of work in preparing the art, laying the fragile leaves of silver, covering everything with epoxy resin. The look that represents the finer things in life: the  riches,the one %. Combined with the rawness of the street.

The word is TOAST.

 1. Toast        one of the most undervalued simple things in life. Toast, warm. Bread. Survival.Eat.

 2. Toast       politics, washington, politician scrambling, economic turmoil everywhere. Systems are now, well:  TOAST.  Enough.

 3. Toast       not quiet ready to toast to a new beginning. But we like to.