This is the exterior of The Brick Lane Gallery in London, where my paintings are currently on display. I love how they have decorated the exterior to match the painting in the window… not my painting, but how cool! The vibrant exterior of this gallery reflects not only the gallery, but the feeling of the entire Brick Lane community: very …
A very big couple of hours: Thank you to all my friends: new and old, who were able to attend! So amazing: people from a variety of places on this earth: I displayed with an artist from Russia and another from Japan… we meet here tonight in London for a common goal: our show!!!
Street Art is not something seen in Spearfish, SD. If it “appears” it is quickly erased! Street Art is what The Brick Lane Gallery is about: and as you look around the neighborhood, it is prolific! Colorful and creative, it is fun to look at, in my opinion, and when it isn’t applied to someone’s private property, it actually ads …
Looking for signs: I go between believing in destiny and believing we are the masters of our own destiny: perhaps it is a little of both… This image is a detail of a painting I did that involves the Thunderbird as a constellation in the Native American tradition. Looking left or looking right: different omens… life vs. death. Destiny or …
This painting is entitled “A Ribbon on the Chest” and is a painting about male prowess. In Native American tradition, each feather in a war bonnet has a story affixed to it. Usually about an achievement in battle such as counting coup, or enemy kills, or horses stolen from an enemy. The wearing of the bonnet is a narrative of …
We all wear different hats for different occasions. As an art instructor, I wore a particular hat, or mask if you will. This mask differed from my artist persona and that differed from my wife and my mother “hat”. All felt authentically me, just me in different settings and different roles. Of all the hats I have worn in my …