Blue Glass and Tulip

Glass containers and marbles

White Pitcher and Red Tulip

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Perfume Bottle and Amethyst Ring

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Why I Paint Objects.

A poem by Chilean Nobel poet laureate, Pablo Neruda, captures my feelings about objects and says, more clearly than I can, why I am drawn to paint them. Below I quote only a few lines from his poem, "Ode to Things":

I have a crazy,

crazy love of things.

I like pliers,

and scissors

I love

cups,

rings,

and bowls -

not to speak, of course,

of hats.

I love

all

things,

not because they are

passionate

or sweet-smelling

but because,

I don't know,

because

this ocean is yours,

it's mine:

buttons,

wheels

the little

forgotten

treasures,

feathered fans

on which

love has scattered

its blossoms,

glasses, knives,

scissors,

all have

on their handle, in their outline,

the traces

of someone's fingers,

of a distant hand

lost

in the most forgotten of the forgotten.

Grouping paintings

No new paintings today, but I thought you might like to see how the paintings can be grouped together nicely, such as this:

or this:

or this:

Something to think about.

Colorful Vials

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Antique Quechua Pot

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Mexican Pitcher

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Olive Jar

This painting is the revised version as of April 10th, 2008, and is included now in the larger work, "Not By Bread Alone".

Red Jar and Leaves

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Weekend's over. Back to work.

Brussel Sprouts

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Marbles in a Jar

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Tomatoes in a Jar

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Mystic Blue Glass and Marble

Glass Candle Holder and Matches

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Romantic Vial

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Cup of Tea

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Salt Shaker and Tomato

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Mexican Dish with Crystal Ball

Daisy in a pot

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Cuttings in Jar with Red Cap

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Paint Tubes

Quote from Robert Henri in "The Art Spirit",

"Find out what you really like if you can. Find out what is really important to you. Then sing your song."

Spices

This painting is a slightly revised version of the painting originally published. It now appears in the larger work, "Not by Bread Alone" (seeing posting on April. 10, 2008).

Pink Carnations and Marbles

Another quote from Mark Doty: "(Still life) is an art that points to the human by leaving the human out; nowhere visible, we're everywhere. It is an art that points to meaning through wordlessness, that points to timelessness through things permanently caught in time. That points to immensity through intimacy. An art of modest claims that seems perennial, inexhaustible."

Olive Oil and Red Grapes

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