I’m reading a fascinating piece about Paul Klee by Claude Cernuschi called ‘Paul Klee and Language’ (in ‘Paul Klee Philosophical Vision: From Nature to Art’, John Sallis editor, McMullen Museum of Art, Boston College, Distributed by The University of Chicago Press 2012). One insight suggested by this article is that Klee’s use of symbols, icons […]
This is a preliminary drawing of a comprehensive list of images that represent my autistic brother, Mike, and my relationship with him. Included in such a compendium would be some of his unique hand gestures and postures, visual characteristics such as his mis-aligned eye, some kind of visualization of communication, and other symbols, not yet […]
New Year’s Eve is a time for reflection. The violin is a symbol of my youth, and early times in my original family’s life. I miss everyone from back then. Hope everyone had a wonderful and safe New Year’s celebration. Please visit my Etsy shop for my artwork for sale inspired by my autistic brother Mike […]
Usually, graffiti makes some sense: a pictograph, set of symbols, a likeness. This street graffiti probably means something to the people who are supposed to do something to the parking lot on which it is sprayed. I can’t figure it out though.
Maybe the math of parking lots is color coded…
I took inspiration for today’s watercolor from yesterday’s photo (Black on Black). The skeleton caught in my self constructed La Brea tar pit is something like a horse. I’m not sure what the white squiggly lines are. Probably they are ancient symbols, or poetry for a long gone sacred animal.
I like Paul Klee‘s artwork so much that I follow him on twitter. I tried emulating his piece, Woman in Peasant Dress, which was twittered earlier today. Of course, there is no comparison between the two compositions. What I had in mind was to break up the space with wide ink lines, which Klee uses […]
I’ve been reading about some of the great abstract painters. Willem de Kooning is known for works such as Woman I and Excavation, which I have not seen in person. I am keen to learn more about him since my interest was stimulated by reading Eric Kandel’s book Reductionism in Art and Brain Science: Bridging the […]
