From July 16th until August 27th I will be exhibiting six new paintings in a special introductory exhibition at Galerie De Twee Pauwen in The Hague. It is exciting and refreshing for me to be showing my work in this new location. My first visits to the gallery felt as if were in another country, […]
As far as “podcasts” go, I’d pretty much restricted myself to “This American Life”, listening attentively while furiously going nowhere on my partners crosstrainer. I’ve an artist friend who listens to podcasts while working in her studio, inconceivable to me. But I do get it, it occupies her conscious mind and allows her unconscious free […]
Detour to Basel Damn! Hopper at the Beyeler in Basel and I was going to miss it. Luckily however, a vacation in Italy planned in January remained on track despite Covid-19 and actually because of the virus the show was extended. Having already planned to drive made traveling safe, only having to take precautions in hotels […]
Discipline I found this drawing in my New York storage unit this past November. It depicts the small bedroom I shared with my two older brothers, in fact, my first studio. I vividly recall standing in the hallway back then, intensely concentrating on getting every detail depicted, I somehow felt that it was VERY important. […]
Anselm Kiefer Art opens the eyes. And hopefully your consciousness. At Museum Voorlinden I usually experience both and it actually begins with arrival. After bumper to bumper traffic from Amsterdam, narrow residential streets leading to the parking area, a short walk and then WHOOSH….. the expansive vastness of the Museum’s landscaped terrein opens up to […]