painting
Scully really is a living treasure. I was moved once again to learn of his motivations, struggles, aspirations and philosophy of painting...
Read MorePainting is slow going - it can take me weeks and months to release a work through my gallery - but I have accepted this as part of my working method now. It's better to understand rather than fight against this, however tempting it may be to turn paintings over in the hope of rapid sales.
For the love of marks
Here is a recent drawing that required considerable revisions over time. I rarely share drawings with others (much less exhibit them), but I include a few development shots here for those of you curious to see what happens as time and experience moves through a work.. Admittedly, there were a few things lost I wish I could've retrieved but I believe in the need to accept certain losses in art making.
Untitled Figure 2010
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Silent Studio
Asilo, as in most of my paintings, did not begin as a predetermined image. Reworking paintings like this, over many months has its pitfalls. Some losses are irretrievable...
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Francis Bacon with Lucian Freud
When personal and financial sacrifices are being made in order to pursue a path with few certainties and even less security, it is worthwhile questioning your motives and objectives behind making work in the first place. I have no interest in painting as recreational activity..
Read MoreJust left the National Gallery of Australia and what better way to kill time waiting for my flight than to share some key highlights from the day - a visit to Masterpieces from Paris (Post Impressionism from the Musée d'Orsay).
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