This past weekend I had the great experience of working with the dancers of the Georgia Dance Theatre. I set a new work on five very talented dancers for the… Read More
Working with the Georgia Dance Theatre
Genre: Grantee Story
STEPPING STONES: PATHS TO WRITING & THE BEST ADVICE I EVER RECEIVED (A MICRO MEMOIR IN 2 PARTS)
In a continuation of last week’s blog, I’d like to keep talking about stepping stones and butterfly effects. All those little things, seemingly small at the time, that build and… Read More
NPR is my muse.
I was listening to NPR in my car the other day. Does anyone listen to NPR when they aren’t driving? They did a story on a man who owns a… Read More
Aural Dissonance vs Visual Dissonance
Have you ever been around a little kid who is learning to play a musical instrument? Have you ever been around someone learning to play violin…or better yet, bagpipes? It… Read More
A Pioneer in the making! Jason Hackenwerth
Post Mortem: Two Existentialisms
When I am staring at a blank canvas, the first thing that I do is to start defining the inherent grid and systems. Here are three tricks that I use… Read More
Post Motrem: No Man’s Woman
It was this piece in which I began working with personal references. The first thing that I painted, now barely visible after several layers of subsequent paint collages,* was an… Read More
PostMortem: Human Figure
This was the first of the series that I completed as a part of the Creative Pinellas 2022 Emerging Artist Grant. This was the easiest of the pieces to resolve… Read More
Will They or Won’t They
A Design Group In China Wants My Work A design group in China wants to put my work in their showroom where they offer lifestyle furnishings and art. They only… Read More
A Meaningful Journey
The work I have done during this grant period is some of the best I have done, thus far in my life as an artist. This grant period has given… Read More
