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Let’s talk gesso…

This week I am in the studio preparing canvases and I thought I would share my process with you. Take a look. I will start with two coats of gesso….

WORLD DOMINATION SUMMIT

I just returned from Chris Guillenbaum’s World Domination Summit in Portland Oregon. The conference was especially remarkable because of this year’s speakers. I especially was moved by Nancy Duarte visually mapping out the worlds greatest speeches, Jia Jiang talking about rejection,  and Danielle La Porte firing up the audience with her search for Desire. This is a remarkable conference that seems…

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ORIGINALITY

When I was a in high school I took a stained glass class at a local art store. The first project was to make a Tiffany style lampshade. The pattern was basically a pansy repeating floral motif. The instructions said that I could choose any color of glass I wanted. …

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RED WHITE AND BLUE. AGAIN.

It is July fourth and it just makes me think of red white and blue. This color combination is one of the only ones I don’t particularly like. I don’t exactly know why. I think it’s because this color combination is no longer available to mean anything other than the…

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