How an Image is Born "Philosophical Argument Gone Wrong"

Ideas are strange things. Stranger still is the way feelings and thoughts that have no words make their way into a painting or work of art.

Chasing something like a vision is a delicate pursuit. Chasing is the wrong word. It’s more like waiting, watching and trying catch glimpse of what you’re looking for then gently listening to what you need to do. It requires insane amounts of patience and solitude. It’s like trying to catch a butterfly with your bare hands. Waving your arms around like a lunatic will only frighten it away. If you lunge at it, you’ll probably fall on your face and scare it away for good.

Below is a link to a video I did in the studio talking about this piece, “Philosophical Argument Gone Wrong” that made it into the book “Fairy Tale Remnants” and how it came to be. Enjoy.

In the studio, I talk about one of the mixed media pieces that made it into my book "Fairy Tale Remnants", a collection of weird fables without any moral outcome. Each of these mixed media works come about in the same way, no planning, no sketches, I just start making marks and then slowly the imagery comes forward.