by Gary | Aug 24, 2023 | Uncategorized
You know… when a child presents an artwork and it’s terrible, you don’t want to hurt their feelings, but you don’t want to lie, so you say, “That’s interesting.” That’s what Kevin Kresse said about my face,...
by Gary | Aug 14, 2023 | Uncategorized
“Yellow Chair…” Scott Prior. My first assignment in Stanley Tasker’s freshman drawing class was to visually describe to an alien from another planet how to make a shoe. I failed miserably. My brain wanted to know why in the hell ET might need...
by Gary | Aug 7, 2023 | Uncategorized
“Kavanaugh Night,” Tim Jacob, acrylic. I can’t mention nocturnes without featuring the paintings of my good friend and childhood neighbor, Tim Jacob. Tim has created a series of night scenes around Little Rock and beyond, most of which are wet with...
by Gary | Aug 6, 2023 | Uncategorized
One of the great challenges for painters is a nocturne, a scene at night, or any scene in which the dominant light source is inside the frame. James Taylor sang… “In my mind, I’m gone to Carolina Can’t you see the sunshine? Can’t you just...
by Gary | Aug 5, 2023 | Uncategorized
“Peasant Burning Weeds,” Vincent van Gogh. A tonalist canvas from Vincent, not the explosion of color and thick brushwork we expect. From his letters to his brother, Theo… “Do our inner thoughts ever show outwardly? There may be a great fire in...
