"The basic project of art is always to make the world whole and comprehensible, to restore it to us in all its glory and its occasional nastiness, not through argument but through feeling, and then to close the gap between you and everything that is not you, and in this way pass from feeling to meaning. It's not something that committees can do. It's not a task achieved by groups or by movements." Robert Hughes
Fresh Roasted Sculptors
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| Leslie Ortiz, Luis Montoya and Pat Crowley minutes after conducting a bronze pour on a blistering hot morning at the Montoya Sculpture Studio in West Palm Beach, Fl. 9/3/2013. |
Tom Wolfe
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Tom Wolfe- my favorite writer. Wolfe and Pat Oliphant were my greatest influences when I was a budding political cartoonist. 18" x 24 acrylic on canvas (unfinished.) |
Keep Calm and Sing Along
Actor Barrie Ingham wrote and is performing a one man show featuring the words and music that cheered and encouraged the British people during the darkest days of World War Two. The show is structured like a radio broadcast; hence the radio tower in place of the cross on the crown at the top.
This is the first concept of a poster for the show which will be performed by Mr. Ingham this summer in New England. It'll need a bit of tweaking. Winston Churchill will be replacing the chap on the right. Several people asked me about the object that has the word "starring: on it. It's a barrage balloon; a common sight in England during the war. The wing-shearing cables attached to the balloons served to thwart low-level attacks from German airplanes.
I'll probably add another balloon in the distance and color the whole thing for clarity.
Open Studio
A 20 minute sketch executed in charcoal
at the Saturday morning Open Studio session
conducted at the Lighthouse School of Art in
Tequesta. We're there from 9-noon.
Join us!
Invisible Man on First
It's been warmer than usual making it nearly impossible to work in my garage studio (I have several set-ups for painting and drawing inside the Hunt Club.) As the weather cools I hope to finish a series of three large pieces done on dropcloths. This one is called "Invisible Man on First" and measures aprox. 4' x 6' and will feature trompe l'oeil brushes, tubes of paint and unfinish drawings scattered about.
I'll finish it off with a deep blue frame.
The companion pieces will be entitled "Invisible Man on Second" and "Invisible Man on Third."
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