Artist’s Process – Fixing the unfixable?
I’ve been working on a painting which I have carried in my mind for many moons.  It’s a view of the marsh at high-tide at Kiawah, S.C.  I’ve painted the marshes before, mostly in an abstracted landscape form; but this time, I wanted to try realism, to a point. I’ve been trying to upload photos of this work-in-progress, but for the moment they are too large to transmit.  After I find out how to make them smaller, I’ll put them up.  Well, you know, I am a painter, not a digital techie. I decided to use a 24″x48″ canvas because I thought the wide, horizontal space best conveyed the

You’ve Got A Friend
Friend: 1: a person whom one knows well and is fond of; 2: an ally, supporter or sympathizer. Sincere, lasting friendship is not easy to find or to maintain. It requires commitment, patience, caring, good listening skills. It calls for the ability to listen actively, without needing to talk.  It thrives on loving-kindness and compassion.  A good friend knows how to just be there in the moment. Yesterday, I spent some time with a friend. Our conversation ranged from business to personal; trite to soul-searching; funny to heartbreaking; methodical to intuitive and back again… something like a sentence without punctuation. Time passed quickly;