I am taking a welcome break from painting the 12 Kalis and instead working on a commissioned portrait painting of…
Trying the impossible – painting the 12 Kalis
Kali is an Indian name for the feminine energy, who like a divine mother creates, maintains and destroys the universe…
Cycle of life, earth, mother, feminine energy – a painting in process
My latest painting is about the cycle of life, earth, mother, feminine energy, shakti. I am still unsure about the…
Looking back to move foward
I was reading that in order to move forward we need to first look back at what we have already…
Birthing of a painting… and a dream
It all started with a dream: Where I slowly fell into the depth of a pool, really deep, and looking…
without a reason…
Was just watching Gerhard Richter, Painting… Gerhard Richter Painting trailer from Kino Lorber on Vimeo.View video above on vimeo Kind…
a life of its own… (unfinished works in process)
I am always amazed by how ideas emerge as I continue working on a painting. The artwork takes on a…
painting in progress…
Its slowly taking shape…. and changing shape… still a few elements are missing but the basics are there……
painting in process… three paintings on Styrofoam
Preparing the canvas on styrofoam… Three paintings in work at a time… First brush strokes… Forms emerging… To be continued……
Re-thinking…
Have you ever wondered about the meaning of your life? Would you say we are “creating” it, or do you…
softly being hit on the head :-)
After finishing the recent painting “Listen with the ear of your heart “been thinking what “listen” really means. And even…
“The Cocoon”, new painting
Like many of my paintings this painting developed intuitively, which means rather than having a preconceived idea I let the…
waste and graced :-)
Been watching some moving documentaries lately that I wanted to share. They are not directly related to my art but…
The Tortured Artist
This is interesting and has me wonder… Dave Eggers and Jonah Lehrer – Tortured Artists and ‘Grit’ “People who are…
painting in process… “flute player”
This is how most my paintings start…. …and it takes a while till I find where the painting wants to…
Art, Grief, and Transformation…
So there I was, sitting on the stairs to the beautiful garden, green and lush with moisture from the sprinklers…
“The one who is not busy” is not me… yet
Been so busy lately, can’t seem to stop. And after reading this very good article, “the one who is not…
Home
“So you are going home?” they asked me. Having lived overseas (or away from “home”) and in many places and…
this side and that side…
It’s been a while… and the current painting is sure taking it’s time… growing and evolving… Originally they were two……
metamorphosis and other happenings…
Seems like ages since I have been painting. We were hosting our annual study retreat and Birthday Celebrations and there…
In the studio… small and big works in progress
Sweating the small stuff… and getting paintings done one night at a time 🙂 “Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine…
in the eye of the beholder . . . painting in process
This sure needs some more work . . .
How the deer quietly sneaked into the painting . . .
. . . honestly escaped me, but it started all very randomly, a couple of scribbles of sanskrit that got…
painting in process . . .
this time it looks as if a mudra is emerging from the abstract beginnings . . . and so it…
the long and winding path of painting… continued
This is what I like about painting without pre-conceived ideas, and without judging and reasoning (at least not while painting),…
the long and winding path of a painting
Haven’t finished this one, but since it has been taken so long I have had more time to wonder about…
Back at the canvas…
Back at the canvas after its been sitting there for a while, looking at it with ‘fresh eyes’. There is…
lazy days….
Been luxuriating in laziness over the holidays, ahhhh!Haven’t been that lazy for a long time, it felt needed and long…
way behind…
…with everything it seems, especially writing in my blog, paintings seem to multiply without getting finished, to do’s are piling…
inspired by a hug… painting in process
Was watching this documentary “doing time doing vipasana“, about how 10 days of silent meditation made a huge difference in…
Untitled 22 in process
Lately it seems I have started more paintings than finished, this is one that I had put aside a while…
painting in process… and musing about certainty…
It seems there is a lot of uncertainty in the air lately, in the world and in everybody’s life. Perhaps…
circling… centering
Feels as if the world has been spinning a bit faster the last few days or even weeks, at least…
snippets of my thoughts and other events…
Been busy preparing for the event (“a night of devotion”), working on website, updating statement. I had taken Alyson Stanfield’s…
in process… “Union”
1. So… I kept going and added some strokes… still not it. Keep going…. 2. Now don’t ask me where…
so amazed…
While house/dog-sitting I found this beautiful book by Allen Ginsberg, a nature artist who crates the most amazing art from…
painting process…
I thought I’d share a bit of my process of painting with this one, since I kept taking pictures….Usually I…
returning Home…
Reading “Home with God, a life that never ends” by Neale Donald Walsch, the same author that wrote “Conversations with God”,…
membership screening…
I had been busy preparing for the annual membership screening at G25, Los Angeles Art Association. I was thinking about…
Mindfulness new defined…
I am a little nervous today as I am welcoming internationally known author, speaker and creativity coach Eric Maisel, Ph.D.…