I’ve entered a prolonged period of landscape painting for the last two weeks. I’m relieved by it too because there were several projects that I had on the backburner that have been like little earworms borrowing into my brain. I’m relieved that I seem to be painting these pieces quickly as well. It indicates something…

I’ve become amazed at how tape, specifically masking tape, has become an integral material in my studio. I use it for everything. It sort of reminds me of that character in My Big Fat Greek Wedding “Gus”, the hard-case father who by the end of the movie warms up to the future son-in-law, and how…