The question for me arose as I was finishing up a painting one day. The painting had not been commissioned, and I wondered whether it had value. “Why am I doing this?” “What value does my depictions of nature bring to this world?” “Why is what I am doing worthy?” "Or is it?" And as I reviewed my purpose as an artist I came to the following conclusions: first, I paint wildlife because I have a sense of wonder and it force me to study more closely the beauty...
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Friday, 22 June, 2018
I went to services today for a former art student of mine. I first met Gladys at what became a rather far-reaching art presentation I did to a group that was simply generally interested in art. My planned presentation quickly dissolved into a question and answer session with the audience peppering me with questions on how I paint. We discussed the whole gamut of methods, materials, considerations and technique, etc.A few weeks later I was contacted by a relative of Gladys who wanted to buy lessons from me. It seems that personal art lessons from “that man from...
Friday, 23 June, 2017
(From my book "A Recognition of Beauty - a wilflife artist's reflections on awareness) Do we even consciously think about light? Sure we know that the sun is the source of our light here on earth, but where did the sun come from? There are theories like “The Big Bang,” but nobody knows. I doubt that we will ever know. What we do know is that light is our connection to the universe and that it is light, and the energy it carries, that is responsible for virtually all living things on earth...