See

"Art is not what you see, but what you make others see."

Ee--Degas

"Woman in the Bath" 1886, Hill-Stead Museum, Farmington, Connecticut

"Dance Class at the Opera"

"the Interior"

((At (at the PMA:)

Motherwell

For just about as long as I cen remerber there has been a catalogue in my mind of certein pieces at the Philadelphia museum of art. I believe I took my first school trip there in 5th grade. I have gone back many many times since.

Some struck me because of their obvious beauty and some just struck me and I was not sure why.

This pieces falls into the later category,  but as long as I can remember, this piece has been a part of that internal catalogue...

 "More Than Rocky. Reality" Motherwell

The artist creating...

Alter

I stood in a chapel last night for a meeting about my wedding. It's a small, beautiful, old, warm place. As we turned to leave I was struck by the evening's summer light coming in through one of the many stained glass windows. Some chord deep within me was struck.

 I'm finally allowing myself to start a much awaited series conveying hard, sometimes painful but transformative experiences with a concept based on iconic art and church history.  (My reliquaries) it was quite fitting to be so struck in such a place.

Photograph by EBCBrown,LLC '14

Emerge 1,2,3

I am very process oriented in my painting. I love  to see the affects nature has on man made objects...

Over the winter I worked on several challenging commission projects. One in particular was very daunting to me. In the effort to do something more light hearted, one evening I took several wooden panels and turned them upside down from how I would normally work on them. I poured in different mixtures of acrylic and enamel paints that I had left over from mural projects. 

Then I set them outside in our small yard, where they weathered our very snowy and icy winter. Freezing and thawing again and again...

After the last big storm I brought them back into the studio and when the warm spring sun came I put them out to aid in their drying. When they finally dryed, I sealed them thoroughly and worked into them tentatively with acrylic paint. Not all of them were a success, but there are three that I'm pleased with- "Emerge 1,2 and 3".

Something that is not evident in the straight on shot of them is the residue around the inside rim of the frame- where you can make out the level that the paint reached before it dried and the water evaporated. 

While these paintings might be quite different from my normal work, they were a much needed playful experiment. During the process of their evolution, they were an exciting reminder of the fun of art while I was working very hard on tougher projects in the studio.