setbacks and breakthroughs

starkweather, (in progress), 72" x 60", oil and acrylic on canvas, Rico 2009-2010

It's been a while since I posted. Things have been slow moving, at times discouraging but then peppered with small hopes. I did not get the Bemis residency this time out, but plan to re-apply. I've gotten some contact information for another artist in NE and hope to initiate contact soon. In the studio, I found an abandoned canvas from last year and began to work on it again. Pictured above, and still in progress, this work begins to approach what I envision for the Nebraska Paintings. I will be starting work on multiple, smaller canvases hopefully at the end of the month or early May. I plan to continue this exploration by working on several paintings simultaneously.

I hope to get to New Orleans possibly at the end of this month. It has been many years since I was in the Big Easy.

No solid plans to visit Nebraska in the immediate future. I still hope to get out during the summer.