This image came from an old photograph by Rudolf Kopppitz (1884-1936) Motion Study. It inspired the large paintings that will be shown at Marquis in Scranton often times many graphite works precede my paintings. I do a drawing a day - I love it.
The conch shell appears a lot in Sublimity 45 - someone once told me 'you have to make your obsessions work for you' and these shells sort of haunt me. They have a figurative quality - very feminine and sensual.
The words "I Love You” - feel so good to hear - yet could you ever fully articulate what they mean?
My sister and I have been aware of the spiritual meaning of animals that cross our path. The crow has been talking and flying around me. It is a spirit animal associated with life mysteries and magic.
Swimming in open water is transcendental to me. I lose myself; the rhythm, the occasional cool spots invigorate me, and of course it's all that much better with Weez swimming along with me.
I can feel a cartwheel somewhere in the recesses of my body….- but I have not done one in a long time…. I think I need to put it on my "to-do list”.
