A complete list of my on-line writings covering such topics as art, culture, art-making, spirituality, and politics as well as reflections on my own paintings and creative process.
On Art
- The Mystical Lineage in Contemporary Art
- Seeing the Possibilities
- It’s a Tough World For the Arts (always has been)
- Stamina
- Why Visionary Art
- Find What You Love (And Paint That)
- The Value of Art
- One’s Craft
- The Song We Play
- Breaking through the Boundaries
- Spontanaeity
- How to be the Infinite Blue Sky
On Art Making
- Intimations
- The Romance of Art
- The Magic of Art Making
- Art & Fear
- This is Your Brain On Jazz
- On Sacred Geometry
- Sitting With It
- Politic Awareness
- Emily Dickinson
- The Art of Seeing
- Passion
- The Future of Art Making
- On Painting
- How To Be a Painter Part Something or Other
- Relativity
- A Reason for Art
- Monet, His Waterlilies, and the Creative Drive
- Dear Artist
- Why Art is Expensive :or: Pricing Your Art So You Can Live
- How to Be a Painter I
- How to be a Painter II
- How to be a Painter III
- How to be a Painter IV
- Advice to Artists
- The Work Triad for Artists
- Fonts (or HOW to say what you WANT to say)
- The Big Mistake or Keep Moving Forwards
- Why You Should Make Art (according to science)
- The Value of F***ing Around
- You’ve Got to Carry That Weight (or that flame) a Long Time
- This One Trick Will Make You a Successful Artist
- The Tyranny of the Real
- It Is a Good Time To Make Art
- “Study for ‘The Battle of Tetuan'” – Dali
- Seeing the Spontaneous Creation Through to Completion
- Setting Up the Studio (Some Suggestions)
- Living From an Aesthetically Pleasing Perspective
On My Artwork
- What is This Style of Art?
- Some Thoughts on My Art in Relation to AI
- On New Directions in My Work
- Samadhi
- Illegitimi Non Carborundum
- Lullaby
- What It Looked Like From Here: Tiananmen Square, June 5, 1989
- The Bricklayer’s Dream
- 5 Tiny Visions
- Commissioned Portrait: “A New Perspective”
- Only Love Can (Reign Over Me)
- A Transitive Nightfall of Diamonds
- The Apotheosis of Hope
- When the Smoke Cleared
- Summertime Paintings 2015
- Surrender
- The Dorky Painting
- Recognition (The Compassion of St. Francis)
- Fierceness: “First World Problem Child”
- Fire Paintings from September 11, 2001
- Unmasking: The Deeper We Dig, The Higher We Rise
- John Kerry Endorsement?
On Nature
- Authenticity
- The Beautiful Juxtapositioning
- Canyons and Edges
- Arches and Canyonlands and Exertion
- Mount San Jacinto
- Pausing @ Crystal Cove, Laguna Beach
- Pyranee Mountains and Valleys
- Montserrat, A Castle and on to the Pyranees
- The Train, The Mummy, and The Mountains
- Hot Springs
- The Soul in Nature
- Spontanaeity
- And All This Time I Thought It Was The Monkeys
- How to be the Infinite Blue Sky
- Fall in Los Angeles
- First, The Dishes
On Painting
- Spontaneity
- Know Your Brushstrokes
- Underpainting
- Some Things I Swear By
- What I Learn From Painting
- The Song We Play
- Feeling Moods
- The Art of Discovery
- The Process (Which is as Important as the Goal)
- Titles of Paintings Are Like Poems
- What Is the Point of All of This, Anyhow?
- The Art of Becoming
- The Beauty of Original Art
- Woman At A Bar
- The Emotional State of the Image
- Happy Accidents
- Intentional Ambiguity Is Better Than Indecisive Vagueness
- The Rule of Thirds and Composition
- Painting the Feeling
- Find What You Love (And Paint That)
- The Small Figures in My Work
- What Painting Is
- On the Clouds (In My Artwork)
- What Is There Left To Paint?
- Art is an act of Love
- In the Beginning (of a Painting)
- What I Learn From Painting
- Balancing the Absurd and the “Spiritual”
- Kandinsky’s Pyramid
- How to be a Painter
On Politics
- Our Histories
- Art Making in Times of Trial
- There Is No Place for Hate Here
- Having and Having Not: Homelessness in Los Angeles
- Why I Vote (And Why You Should Too)
- Some Thoughts on ‘Gifting Circles’
- It’s not all just pretty pictures: The Politics of Life
- Relative Freedoms
- Globalization, Capitalism, and the Magic Kingdom
- The New Egypt: The Dark Side of Dubai
- Consciousness as a “Business Model”
- And All This Time I Thought It Was The Monkeys
On Traveling
- Kauai and Maui
- Egypt – Luxor, Giza, Alexandria, and The Great Convergence
- Luxor, Egypt
- The Magic Bus: Twist of Fate
- The Magic of the Flow
- Conversation on a Train
- The Beautiful Juxtapositioning
- On and On and On
- The Colorado Rockies and Some Other Stops
- Kentucky Rivers and the Mid-West
- Pausing @ Crystal Cove, Laguna Beach
- Tucson Gem and Mineral Show
- Barcelona, Amsterdam, NYC, and, at last, home
- Port Ligat and the sea
- Cadaques and Dali
- Red Wine and Cadaques
- Port of San Sebastian and Modern Art
- Pyranee Mountains and Valleys
- Montserrat, A Castle and on to the Pyranees
- Barcelona, Gaudi y Mas –> Montserrat
- Returning Home
- The Train, The Mummy, and The Mountains
- Hot Springs
- Train II
- Train I
- Magritte, LACMA and Pan
- Fall in Los Angeles
On Spirituality
- A Day for Love
- The First Time I Fell in Love
- Dreams
- Narrator
- The Pale Blue Dot
- Truth is a Pathless Land
- Break Through
- The Sword of Laughter
- Compassion: Recognizing Ourselves In Others
- What’s In a Name (And the Choosing of our Own)
- On the Subject of Bitches
- Some Gratitude on a Chilly Evening
- Compassion and Vampires
- Form, Formlessness, and Life
- The Multifaceted Diamond
- The Spectre of Self-Doubt
- Mansions of the House
- One’s Craft
- On Marriage
- The Soul in Nature
- The Incessant Quality of Mind
- How We Give
- The Song We Play
- Breaking through the Boundaries
- Spontanaeity
- How to be the Infinite Blue Sky
- First, The Dishes