The Collector
The Collector # 12
Steven Harvey / Sangram Majumdar and Kyle Staver Conversations with Friends A few months ago I moved into a new home. I’ve had a lot of fun hanging pictures in the rooms of this house. […]
Year: 2020
What Meets the Eye
Quarantine Gestalt Exercises #2: Opposing Forces
“Think of some pairs of opposites in which neither member could exist if it were not for the real or implied existence of its opposite.”*. (If you have not read the first installment and practiced […]
Der Defätist / The Defeatist
The Collector
The Collector # 11
Sharon Butler / Carl Ostendarp and Gail Fitzgerald Trade deal When I was up in Ithaca in the fall, I traded work with two artists who live up there—Carl Ostendarp and Gail Fitzgerald. I was […]
Featured Posts
The Stoopio Visit: 4:00 pm, Tuesday, April 7, 2020, with Don Doe, Cecilia Whittaker-Doe and Cathy Nan Quinlan
Like addicts seeking a fix, we met on the stoop, each carrying a painting we had made in the last two weeks. We stood well apart as if we didn’t care for each other. It […]
Letters to the Editor
A Letter about The Collector #10: Su Friedrich / Fred Tomaselli
I love this writing Su! How many times has someone regretted not acting on their instinct, even if rightfully so regarding financial circumstances…but the painting staying in your memory and you making a water color […]
The Collector
The Collector # 10
Su Friedrich / Fred Tomaselli This is about something I didn’t collect, hence the title.* But another thing that got away is my memory, since this account is based on an event about 25 years […]
Featured Posts
Sketchbook Number Nine: Judith Simonian
The first Simonian I ever really saw was Fleshy Pink Room. (see below) It has a marvelous sense of space. At the same time, the elements that define the space are quite beautifully painted. So […]
What Meets the Eye
Quarantine Gestalt Exercise #1: Feeling the Actual
Gestalt exercise #1: Try for a few minutes to make up sentences stating what you are at this moment aware of. Begin each sentence with the words “now” or “at this moment” or “here and […]
The Collector
The Collector #9
Barbara Epler / Elaine Arsenault I have a small painting— The painting itself (though I carefully double-matted and framed it to be quite a bit larger) is the size of an old LIFE magazine, […]