Monday, March 11, 2024 (Happy Birthday, Bobby McFerrin, Mercer Ellington, Astor Piazzolla, Douglas Adams, Wanda Gag)
Greetings and welcome to my first blog entry.
I’ve wanted to do a weekly blog since 2014-ish so here it is, 10 or 20 years late.
Some of you reading this have hopped over from my bi-weekly newsletter and I thank you for doing so.
Spies Are People Too
The original newsletter started as a way to keep the buyers of my art informed on new work, process, progress, sales and availability.
It expanded from there to include friends and fans of my art as well as spies (you know who you are).
The response from that newsletter was great and that’s what finally kicked my butt to make this blog happen.
One of the reasons I am doing this instead of the newsletter is to have the opportunity to interact with all of you in the comments, as a group, and for you to interact with each other.
In the meantime, we are also continuing to revise the website and develop the Shopify store for purchases.
Club Sandwich Hold The Onions
I always appreciate the appreciators as far as my Fine Art goes.
From concept to result, I’m the first to understand that my art is not for everyone and those who “get it” have a very cherished place in my heart, for sure.
My art is not your Grandma’s Thomas Kinkade print hanging in the bathroom, this I know.
Surrealism itself is a special club of special people.
This club of my artwork-
music
meets visual art
meets improvisation
meets synesthesia
meets automatism-
is an exclusive club wrapped in a mystery wrapped in enigma. Like an Art Club Sandwich gone mad.
And I truly appreciate you being here out on the edge with me.
(...or, at most, PG)
All feedback, requests, comments and questions are absolutely welcome as long as the language is rated G-ish and there are no politics. This is about Art, Music, Creation, Process, Originality, Ideas, Inspiration… and there’s not much of any of those things found in politics unfortunately (and that, right there, will be the first and last of any political opinions here).I will post every Monday, in a thousand words or so (about a 6 minute read, give or take) and we can explore this whole creativity thing together.
Thank You Again For The Read
See you on Mondays and in the comments.Lennie
13 comments
Never thought I would be on a Blog, but here I am. Too much Social Media and not into it as I said earlier. This is the exception.
White print on a dark background is difficult to read no matter the age.
congrats! enjoyed the read.
Does it count that I am A Big Picture fan first and a lover of your art second? Only by line of discovery…
About 25 years ago I moved into a new home and needed some art for the walls. I walked into a framing shop at the mall and was stunned by one of the many samples they had on display—La Jeune Martyre by Paul Delaroche. It was the first time I was physically and emotionally “moved” by a piece of art. I can’t explain it, but I had to have it. They wouldn’t sell it to me—I had to purchase the print and pay for fresh framing. A friend recently pointed out that what hangs on my walls is usually a female (young or old) or a cat—and sometimes both. I recently won a copy of one of your pieces in your YouTube contest. “Escape” —a woman on a bed, in thought. The intricate work you put into this aside, this is a piece that also moves me. Could not have been a better prize. And while we are on the subject, I had to order one of your Homeslice cartoon strips from GoComics—but that’s another story. Looking forward to learning more about your art and music!
Excellent. About time if you waited another ten I’d be pushing 80 so good timing.