Renaissance Woman in Training

A local Coastal Woman’s Magazine was looking to feature a female artist from the area so needless to say I submitted the following interview that I did with my daughter during dinner the other night. It will be published next month. Here is a sneak peak. Enjoy! An Interview with Andei Keough We both had [...]

Inspirational Weekend!

Creative inspiration comes to me from many sources. This past weekend a variety of these sources converged at the East Carolina University School of Art Alumni Art Exhibition. My daughter Andei and I traveled to Greenville, NC to attend the the Alumni show. It was great getting to see so many old friends and Professors [...]

MoMA Observations……..

In 2011 the throngs of people visiting the great museums like the MOMA seem more concerned about taking cell phone photographs of the great art hanging in the galleries than they are about truly LOOKING and APPRECIATING the art itself. Museum visitors used to stand close to the great paintings and other works of art [...]

Why Blog?

I woke up this morning and the thought hit me that I hadn’t updated my blog since Thanksgiving. Considering I didn’t have any profound wisdom or thoughts to share with the blogosphere today except for posting an update on the normal everyday things in my life like trying to finish up nine art and photo [...]

Art is a Time Machine

Art is a glimpse into the hearts, minds and souls of the people, cultures and civilizations that came before us. Whether it be Prehistoric, Egyptian, Greek or the Renaissance – art enables the educated viewer an opportunity to step back and experience another moment in time. Great art is like a time machine. It transports [...]

On Painting…

I’ve gotten back to painting since returning from Ireland last August. As I mentioned in a previous post, I’ve been working small with 8×10 canvas boards using my photographs of the Irish landscape and quaint villages as me references. I only have time to paint for 1-2 hours at a time because of my hectic [...]

Path to Heart, Mind and Soul

We have only one more day to spend in Ireland. My group is flying out of Dublin tomorrow morning. I got to thinking about photography and art in general as we crossed this beautiful country yesterday on the bus. Photography opens my eyes to so many things about the world and myself. Photography is not [...]

When you LOOK…What do you SEE?

My Journal Notes on Seeing I went to Ocracoke (outer banks) yesterday and took a hike along a hidden little nature trail with my camera. I wanted to get myself into the “mindset” (creative zone) for my upcoming artist workshop in Ireland. I had been to this nature trail numerous times in the past, but [...]

Examples of Great “Seeing” in Art and Photography

I thought I would post some examples of artists/photographers who had (in my opinion) great creative vision (see previous post) and an ability to translate their subject matter (external references) way beyond face value and capture the spiritual/metaphysical essence of the landscape, nature and human condition. Who else might you add to my examples? Enjoy!

Art of Seeing continued…

After creating my Art of Seeing podcast yesterday more thoughts came to mind that I want to share in respect to this subject. Honing our SEEING skills is really only the first step in the creative process in my opinion. Being “in the moment” when writing, photographing, sketching and/or painting enables the artist/writer to investigate [...]