Monthly Archives: June 2026

Lucy sent me her new book and I pretty much inhaled it. I’ve been reading her so long it feels like second nature. I wrote something about it, but it’s not so much a review as a kind of thank-you note. Donna’s been in town fixing up her building to sell and she relented andContinue reading “My Heart & I Agree”

There’s a de Kooning drawing show up at the museum. I went the first hour members were allowed in. His whipping boomerang paintstrokes have been crucial to me for over forty years. It was like visiting a childhood classroom but unlike that deflating or disorienting experience, de Kooning hasn’t shrunk or otherwise morphed or wastedContinue reading “Slipping Glimpser”

K writes that her good friend, Jenny’s, cat, Bobby, died and asks me to paint his portrait. She emails a few photos of the odd little guy with his smushed-in nose and worried eyes. I’ve never had any problem painting cat portraits even though I don’t care for them. K doesn’t believe me. No cat-loverContinue reading “Cat Fancy”