What we lose when we make art is infinite possibility—but what we gain is something real. A reflection on risk, creativity, and why getting on a high horse might be exactly what making art requires.
What we lose when we make art is infinite possibility—but what we gain is something real. A reflection on risk, creativity, and why getting on a high horse might be exactly what making art requires.
What we lose when we make art is infinite possibility—but what we gain is something real. A reflection on risk, creativity, and why getting on a high horse might be exactly what making art requires.
What we lose when we make art is infinite possibility—but what we gain is something real. A reflection on risk, creativity, and why getting on a high horse might be exactly what making art requires.
What we lose when we make art is infinite possibility—but what we gain is something real. A reflection on risk, creativity, and why getting on a high horse might be exactly what making art requires.
“A way out of no way (raven study)” 6×6, Acrylic on canvas, framed For today’s painting, I chose a lesser-known quote from Martin Luther King, Jr., and, rather than illustrating his words directly, I approached the painting as a response—allowing color, movement, and texture to carry the emotional weight of the quote. I was especially […]
“Prothonotary Warbler at Rest” 4×4, Acrylic on canvas, framed One more little bird joins this acrylic painting flock today. In the online 31 in 31 community I host each year, I’m always struck by how often a creative practice hits a wall. Several of our poets have written poems about not being able to write […]
“Still Returning — Kingfisher (Palette Knife Study),” 4×4, Acrylic on canvas Another acrylic bird joins the flock for Day 17 of my daily painting practice. This small painting features a kingfisher, a bird I first discovered during one of my earliest daily painting challenges more than a decade ago. Back then, I was working mostly […]
“Held in the Pattern” 6×6, oil and acrylic on canvas When you’ve done as many 31 in 31 challenges as I have, you learn that the day will eventually come—sometimes more than one—when nothing works. Brushstrokes feel awkward. Colors refuse to cooperate. It can feel, briefly, like you’ve forgotten how to paint at all. Each […]
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