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The Artist Journal

I had the above photograph on my home page for quite some time and when I took it down I thought I should comment a little bit about it.  In case you are unable to read the actual journal entry...

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creative words

Words.  Sometimes one good word can set you off into a new line of creativity, or simply open up a whole new field of thought.  For this reason I have a word book: a book of words that I find cool and...

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the empty frame

I enjoy a good conversation about art and aesthetics and for this reason I attended the recent talk at Tufts University entitled, “The Value of Art: The Place of Art in the University Today.” The panel...

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kaleidoscope

Creative word: A kaleidoscope – shattered bits of color moved and reflected to reveal a variety of endless patterns while held up to the light; a child’s toy.  Derived from the Greek literally meaning...

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Kyoto Aesthetics

Table of Aesthetic Values, Kyoto version Based on my previous chart entitled “The Table of Aesthetic Values”, I have just made a Kyoto version in preparation for my upcoming show entitled “Kyoto: Art...

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Catalog

Here’s the cover of my latest catalog. The design is complete and it will be used as a companion piece for my upcoming show at The Art Complex Museum in Duxbury. For more information on that show see...

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Artist Talk

  Below is an excerpt from an artist talk given at The Art Complex Museum on August 4, 2011 A picture is worth a thousand words. What does that phrase mean? Up until recent times I thought that it...

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Insight into an image…

Detail of “Blossoms on Roof” I did an interview recently that came out in the Patriot Ledger today. Since it was a newsprint edition piece I’ve transcribed it here as in the end it provided me with...

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Not in the Collection

What would Buddha do? A few years ago I was called by the architect for the Mandarin Oriental Hotel of Boston as the hotel was soon to be open and one of the final details was art work for the walls of...

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