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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”

Sometime late last summer, I decided it would be a good idea to record myself reading bite-size chunks of Moby Dick. My illustrated version had recently been published and I was at work on a couple other public domain titles, but I felt like I wanted a final bout with the white whale. I pitchedContinue reading “…back out to sea”