Documentary work.

Many of you know about my desire to work on the documentary on Modern Painting that I have been talking about. I have recently gotten most of the equipment needed to do my work on the film. There's only a few things I have yet to get, and i'm not in much of a hurry to get them, as they really aren't needed.

I have in the meantime begun making a short documentary on a local painter who makes some amazing atmospherical paintings. His name is Marc Ross. And you can view his work on his site, but to tide you over, here's a few images.

You can also check out the previous post on his show in Columbus Ohio here.

I'm almost done with the video and will be putting it online within the next day or two. So until then. Aloha!

Mark Grotjahn

Giving you many insights into Mark Grotjahn's paintings. I wish I could get to see these in person. I'm sure they are so much more intriguing in person. Check it out for yourself at Anton Kern's Gallery in Chelsea NY.



Big thanks to Loren AKA James Kalm for taking his time to document this event.

Learn about history for a few minutes.

Thought I'd share what was at one time THE most interesting show on television. Well at least what I think was. This show Weapon Masters was amazing. A way of showing you the history of weapons and how this genius Chad would take those old weapons and update them in striking scariness for the new era. This one in particular was when they were going to try to better the old Sikhs weapon...the Chakram. They couldn't really improve upon perfection in a weapon...but you'll see what they do anyway. Very Cool.

One new painting

One more painting done, many more to finish. Click the link below to take a look for yourself. You can also find a side detail image from my Facebook site.


















Enjoy and have a wonderful week.

Quote for April 18, 2011

Just came across a great thought from Mr. Albert Einstein that really caught my mind.

"The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious.
It is the source of all true art and science."






















Thank you sir for your wonderful insights.

More Hodgkin..........

Here's another interesting video of Howard Hodgkin in Conversation with (Phillips Director) Dorothy Kosinski. Always nice to hear the actual artists perspective on their work instead of someone who's really just guessing.

Quote for today...April, 16, 2011

Whilst reading the book 'Japan and the West' which was an exhibition at the Wolfsburg Kunstmuseum. I came across a few interesting thoughts on how paintings can be filled and empty at the same time. One quote I liked came from the Tao Te Ching...

The Tao is an empty vessel;
it is used,
but never filled.
Oh, unfathomable source
of ten thousand things!

Such a wonderful un-thing as the Tao.