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My God Your God
Night Blind II; oil on paper, 2006
Meudon, 1928 – a photograph by Andre Kertesz
acrylic, wax on paper; 39.5″ x 26″, 2017
graphite, ink, acrylic, collage on paper; 66″ x 42″, 2018
Category Archives: Art
No. 6: Meditation
“We’ve got to be as clear-headed about human beings as possible, because we are still each other’s only hope.” James Baldwin
Explorations: No. 5
“I find my position as a poet today a curious one… For a long time I have maintained that the poet’s affair was the individual human soul, the story of it in one man, in my case the transforming of … Continue reading
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Tagged Collage, Maria Popova, May Sarton, Poetry
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Explorations (IV): Recent Paintings
The painting My God Your God is from a series started in late 2012, begun after seeing last year’s exhibition of work by Richard Diebenkorn, a painter I’ve long admired, at the Corcoran Gallery. It was a way of having a … Continue reading
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Tagged Corcoran Gallery, Richard Diebenkorn, Robert Frost
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Explorations (III): And What About These?
In the studio, there are images that I return to over and over. They have become an elemental part of my visual vocabulary and even if I don’t understand exactly why I so readily turn to them, I sense that … Continue reading
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Tagged Creative Process, Painting, Terezin
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Explorations (II) The Ekphrastic Poem
The Train—Meudon, 1928 Hangs suspended in time at the edge of the picture frame, its smoke trailing east, following the engine’s glide along the line of the high bridge— over the river, over treetops, concrete, and oxen— over … Continue reading
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Tagged André Kertész, Creative Process, ekphrastic poetry, Meudon, Poetry
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