Creative block

It's been awhile since my last post. My mind has been occupied with my sister's diagnoses of cancer. Just haven't felt like painting or writing. Although, I know that she is going to be okay( cancer isn't always a death sentence) it's just that it brings home old fears that are brewing just under the surface. I have a new project that I hope will flush out all that old garbage from my mind. I'm going to fill a sketchbook dealing with fear in a months time. It will be part of a group show in Georgia.

New Work

Have been having alot of birds on the brain lately. Taken flight or trying to fly away. Birds have powerful meanings in paintings and poetry. Mine are ravens. Not the prettiest bird on the block but definately the most meaningful. For me they represent dark forces at work and trying to overcome those birds plague me. Too deep. Keep thinking of Edgar Allen Poe and his raven of "Nevermore".Nevermore

Ich bin eine Berliner

I was just in Berlin, Germany attending the group show of HOMO BELLICUS which I was in. The show was a big success with over a hundred people in attendance. The show had to do with the absurdity of war. I'm afraid I don't speak enough german to say what people were saying about my work. However, when I sent the work in I got a glowing remarks about the piece THWAK. THWAK is a mixed media work on paper that is 40" x 60". It is not so much an expression of war as it is about feelings of negativity and struggle with those feelings.