Here is one of the greatest paintings ever made. This was made by the artist goya as part of his late series of "black paintings" paintings in which he tore apart humanity and showed his general disgust with the cruelty of humans. This painting is (in my opinion) so far ahead of its time that it was the first true "modern" painting. the composition is so strange and the subjetc of a dogs head just creeping out from "the dirt?" here goya gives in to the dark imagination that fueled his spanish brain. One must look at art in the context of the time it was painted, if you think about what was going on when in art he painted this (1820) then you can begin to understand the genius of it. I thin kthe dog my be a symbol of him sinking into the dark- sand of his final days and he is doing all he can to reach for the light and keep his head above the shadows. These paintings done at this time were all painted directly onto the walls of his home. This is why, in my opinion, Sargent is not fit to kneel at the feet of Goya. Art is about passion and emotion and not slick brushful renderings of aristocrats. When goya did his court portraits, at least he made them look like the de-natured pigs they were. In fact, I am surprised Goya was not jailed for his paintings of the courts and that they accepted his renderings of the inbred hemophiliacs with frog skin.
here is a better photo of two of my symbolist inspired glass carvings. They are edge with LED lighting that breathes some light into them. Photographing glass is not easy. I had to make both of these in one day--- wish I had a week on each. 
Here is a window I created for a mausoleum a few years ago. It is an image of St. Francis. This window was about 20 feet high.
God made man--- man makes sculpture because is trying to mimic the creation- process of God. God made pigeons to let man know that now matter how good an artist you may be, you will never be God. A well placed pigeon led me to this theory.
If you want people to think you are an artist---it is important to put a number after your work..for instance, even though this is only one picture I took of this scene I call it composition number 7...This was a method favored by the abstract expressionists..instead of calling a work"blobby mess" or " I cant draw the figure for diddly squat" you would name it important names like "green composition number 14" this brings up the value and makes the public think you are really an artist and not a snake oil salesman..I should charge for these lessons.
Central park snapping turtle. I found this guy yesterday after walking back from chiropractor. He is in same pose I was in twenty minutes before.
click around the channels of your TV set and all you will hear about is how Russia invaded Georgia and the tragedy that has befallen Georgia. I am convinced our media has overdosed on Orwellian Koolaid because Georgia attacked Russia first, killing as many people as died in 911 and destroying much of the city of Ossetia. For some reason this fact is being ignored by the media. I even spoke to a famous TV journalist friend about it via email--and he didnt know this fact! White is black and black is white and ignorance is strength. I am only interested in this because the mainstream media is lying to us and we are drinking it up like a drunk to whiskey. good thing we have monday night football to take our minds off such matters...the good thing about artists is that they are the first people the government throws to the pavement when they start kicking in your doors...Now back to our regular scheduled program.
when you draw quick poses you have to look for that overall larger issues of what the pose is about. you cant focus on detail like a foot or hand, that is why quick poses are good. They are like vitamins! When you are rusty and you cannot find your rythym in drawing it is like getting having a dentist drilling into your teeth--no fun..it doesn't matter if you work on art all day long. Drawing from life is a different animal, altogether.
