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Category Archives: sculpture
The Book Launch
My new book, Shaping Destiny: A quest for meaning will launch officially on March 16 at 6 pm at Collected Works Bookstore in Santa Fe, NM. Shaping Destiny is about the conflicts between who we were taught to be … Continue reading →
Why Art is So Expensive
This morning, I opened my email to discover a letter from someone with whom I had been corresponding about their interest in one of my paintings. I was hoping that the potential client was ready to make a decision. What … Continue reading →
In addition to everything else, I’m working on a book
I wrote Shaping Destiny 10 years ago and couldn’t finish it. I was too close. Now, I think its time to get it into the world. Here’s a sample. Let me know what you think: Chapter 1 Night was when my lack … Continue reading →
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New things in the works
There are some changes under way. I just opened Destiny Allison Fine Art in La Tienda in Eldorado (just outside Santa Fe). Now, all my worlds are under one roof. Its pretty amazing and its very cool to be doing … Continue reading →
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Painting with Acid
It is late afternoon and I am listening to Beethoven. The gardens are watered, and though they are filled with weeds and gopher holes, there is promise in them. I have been working for the last three weeks on totally new … Continue reading →
New Work
The incorporation of organic media into the work has opened some new doors in my metal sculpture. These are some of the pieces I have been talking about in my last few posts. To see the difference between these works … Continue reading →
New Directions
I’ve been missing for a while. Pulled in different directions and, truth be told, burnt out. The work felt redundant, tired, and well, like work. So I took a break. 4 months later, I am back in my studio full … Continue reading →
ART = What?
It is almost 3 AM. Snow was forecast, but instead, a sloppy rain, the hint of winter coming. Slowly. I spent the holiday in California. On a beach, by a pool, in the arms of my love. The first such … Continue reading →
Dead or alive
I am thinking tonight about Charles Bukowski, Janice Joplin, freedom. Freedom to write, to sing, to walk away. Bukowski said, “An intellectual is a man who says a simple thing in a difficult way. An artist is a man who … Continue reading →
Time….
Time gets away from me and as it slips, so do I. A running battle between will and the inevitable but my will seems to slip as fast as the hours. It could be enough sometimes (I think) just to … Continue reading →
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