drawing, Poetry, Writing

December

Here is a poem and drawing about surgery I had as a child. It was in December when I was 15 that I had the unexpected, very serious surgery. Now each December I relive that trauma more forcefully than at other times during the year. Several years ago I wrote a poem about the experience.… Continue reading December

Painting

Canvases in Pieces

I've made some carved adjustments to the Wake Up print but haven't yet printed the results. What I have been doing is dismantling and cutting up old paintings that I've felt are not my best. I'm working, slowly, to whittle down my stuff--whether works I've made or things I've bought. As part of that I've… Continue reading Canvases in Pieces

Painting, Poetry, Printmaking, Writing

Raw

This is the work I showed a detail of in my last post. It has gone through extreme changes and finally developed into this image that I am now going to stop working on and let be.  In some ways it's an awkward piece and I felt it was trying to tell me something, so… Continue reading Raw