Tag Archives: landscape

Tears of Joy


 

“Tears of joy are like the summer rain drops pierced by sunbeams.”  -Hosea Ballou

Mile Marker 577v, size 16″x 22″


 

Learn From The Natural World


Earth and sky, woods and fields, lakes and rivers, the mountain and the sea, are excellent schoolmasters, and teach some of us more than we can ever learn from books.”  – John Lubbock

Mile Marker 675, size 16″x 22″


 

Proceeding Inward


Proceeding Inward

March 4 – April 6, 2019

Sam Hall of Fine Arts
Kansas Wesleyan University
100 E Claflin Ave
Salina, KS 67401


A while back I was contacted by Kansas Wesleyan University about mounting a show in their gallery. Fast forward to the beginning of March, and Kyle and I (with help from our friend Chris Chapin) hung 28 pieces in The Gallery in Sams Hall of Fine Arts, in an exhibit titled Proceeding Inward.

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Imagine

I was lucky to spend last week in New Orleans dreaming about “What’s Next” with a talented group of fellow artists. My cup is full and I am excited about what is on the horizon. What have you imagined for 2019?

Everything you can imagine is real.”  -Pablo Picasso

Mile Marker 441, size 22″x 34″

Luxury in Simplicity


The days of living in the camper and cooking over the fire, an afternoon in a hammock with a book or on the sofa listening to the cat snore…the spareness of the horizon line…

I am convinced that there can be luxury in simplicity”  -Jil Sander

Mile Marker 545, size 16 x 22″


 

See Into the Life of Things


“With an eye made quiet by the power of harmony, and the deep power of joy, we see into the life of things.”
-William Wordsworth

Mile Marker 593V, sized 34″x 22″


 

Taken Away At Dusk


“There is only one day left, always starting over: it is given to us at dawn and taken away from us at dusk.”
-Jean-Paul Sartre

Mile Marker 569, size 22″x 34″


 

Art is a Living River


“Art is a living river that runs through our time and will run on as long as art is created and appreciated. To purchase [an artist’s work] is to take a dipper full of the river home to constantly be refreshed with the energy of life.”  -Stewart Turcotte

Mile Marker 604, sized 22″x 34″


 

Just Like the Wind

“Just imagine becoming the way you used to be as a very young child, before you understood the meaning of any word, before opinions took over your mind. The real you is loving, joyful, and free. The real you is just like a flower, just like the wind, just like the ocean, just like the sun.”   -Miguel Angel Ruiz

Mile Marker 638, size 16″x 22″


 

Washed with Noon

“Summer has filled her veins with light and her heart is washed with noon.”  -C. Day Lewis

Mile Marker 381, size 22″x 34″