Musique

March 28, 2021

As drawing is integral to my life beginning at a very young age, so is playing music. My first musical instrument I learned to play is the guitar. I still have my first guitar given to my as a Christmas present by an uncle when I was 7 years old. I play this guitar to this very day.

The Flâneur

January 30, 2021

The concept of the flâneur was coined in the late 19th century and originated as a work of fiction from the mind of 19th century poet and writer, Charles Baudelaire, who introduced the concept in his 1863 essay, "The Painter of Modern Life" (Le Peintre de la Vie Moderne.) At its essence, a flâneur is a detached observer of modern life.

The flâneur may be a concept from another era and another century but it has direct relevance to being in the "now."

Les Adventures of Édith and Gigi

April 5, 2020

Édith is a tortoise tabby (tortie tabby.) Gigi is a flamepoint Himalayan. Gigi has one yellow eye (her right eye and the other blue.) The two cats, although with a 10 years age difference between them and possess unique personalities, share a sweetness between them. These stories are little snippets of their daily actions. Artistic license applied to the conversations between them.

Sketchbook

February 28, 2018

I enjoy the rigor of a daily art practice.

Much of my artistic output is created through the practice of making daily paintings. While I can't always paint on a sustained schedule that a long-term daily painting practice requires, I can easily make a drawing.

So, on January 1, 2018, I began to make a drawing a day. I post them on Instagram.