The Beast has been an original character of mine for years. When I was in high school, he was scribbled all over my notebooks and in the...

In a previous post , I discussed how there may be an inherent link between creativity and mental illness. This link has probably been...

As I write this, I'm reminded of lyrics from the old Newcleus jam Computer Age: Push the Button: "...I know the Lord cannot be too glad...

Edvard Munch, 1893, The Scream, oil, tempera and pastel on cardboard, 91 x 73 cm, National Gallery of Norway Aristotle is once said to have said, “No great genius has ever existed without a strain of madness." So with this quote in mind, we come to the question: Is there a mental cost to creativity? This question has been pondered for hundreds of years, so I won't be the first to entertain that thought; neither will you be. But just because this question has been asked so man

"Why So Serious?" That's a famous line from Heath Ledger's Joker in the 2012 Batman film The Dark Knight . As a long-standing comic book fan myself, I feel that a more appropriate question would be, " Why So Dark?" Comics darker and darker of late, so dark in fact that at least to this reader, they're hardly enjoyable or relatable anymore. I'm aware I've been gone for a while; forgive me, life happens. I'm also aware that this isn't an art post, per se. But as almost anyon

When you write a blog, you learn all sorts of interesting new (to me) concepts. One such concept is that of the Grey (or Gray. Actually,...

Photo by Zach Key on Unsplash A global pandemic. A war raging in Europe. Racial injustice. Gun violence. Rising inflation, gasoline, and food costs. With everything going on in the world right now, a seemingly logical question may be, "why would anyone bother with art right now?" Or we may hear, "Art is a luxury, not a necessity". But is that really so? In my last post I mentioned how art, specifically the philosophy of kintsugi, helped people deal with the stress caused by

Photo by Riho Kitagawa on Unsplash There's an old Zen about a conversation between an old butcher and his customer, which was overheard by a passerby. The customer asked the butcher, "Give me the best piece of meat you have", to which the butcher replied, "Every piece of meat I have is the best. There is no piece of meat here that is not the best." After overhearing this exchange, the passerby, afterward known as the Japanese Zen philosopher Banzan, became enlightened. "Every

Sometimes things just come to me. I mean, as an artist sometimes inspiration can come out of the blue. Other times, I may need some help....

It is a sad consequence of human existence that armed conflict is part of our reality. Even as I write this, the shadow of war looms over...

February is finally here, and the season of love is upon us. Not all of us will celebrate Valentine's Day per se, but it's as good a time...

I had no intention of writing a post like this. Since February is approaching, I could have put together a post about love and how it...

"I like the painting...but why are they naked?" This was the comment I received from a customer who purchased one of my paintings some...

February approaches, bringing with it the requisite lovers anticipating Valentine's Day, weather forecasting groundhogs, and of course...

'SunFlower' acrylic on canvas circa 2016 Yellow is my favorite color. When I was a kid, it was orange. I've always liked colors on the warmer end of the spectrum. Colors on this end of the spectrum-red, orange, yellow- are said to evoke feelings ranging from warmth, comfort, and mild hunger to anger and hostility. Sometimes, these colors are often said to stimulate our sexuality. For my part, I always preferred the warmth and comfort focus. After all, yellow, golden yellow,

Finally, we come to the crown jewel of my 'Eve' series. Oil on canvas and a whopping 24 X30 (that's a big piece for me). I had to use a big enough canvas to do this one justice. The creation of Eve, under the powerful hand of YHWH. So without further ado, I'll go ahead and dissect this one for you (Sorry, the rhyming was unintentional) I've been criticized in the past for relying too heavily on using the central axis in my composition. I do try to make something a little off-

So, as promised here it is; my second painting of the 'Eve' series, the 'Temptation Of Adam'. It's a pretty solid piece of work;...

Carl Gustav Jung So I digress. I was intending to write a post covering the second painting in the 'Eve' series, 'The Temptation Of Adam '. But, as I was drawing the profile picture of one of the most pivotal characters of my book, 'The Substance of Things Hoped For', a thought occurred to me. as I drew the picture of the Animus , I realized how dark the picture looked. How...demonic. As a Christian, I usually shy away from such depictions; I don't even watch horror movies

https://www.etsy.com/listing/1143426221/autumn-and-eveSo. Recently I decided to rework one of my older paintings, titled 'Autumn and...