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"Maria"

14 x 18

This is Maria. She is a special girl who is my son, Zack's girlfriend. In January I was burned out on landscapes and decided to do something different. This was from a backlit photo from a track meet. At the time I took the photo she was concentrating on a race that was about to start. I decided she would look better in a dress rather than a track jersey. About half of the people that see it say immediately that it is Maria. The other half say yeah I knew that was Maria, but why did you paint a painting of her. Well she is special.

Favorite Billy Collins Poem

Horizon

You can use the brush of a Japanese monk
or a pencil stub from a race track.

As long as you draw the line a third
the way up from the bottom of the page,

the effect is the same: the world suddenly
divided into its elemental realms.

A moment ago there was only a piece of paper.
Now there is earth and sky, sky and sea.

You were sitting alone in a small room.
Now you are walking in the heat of a vast desert

or standing on the ledge of a winter beach
watching the light on the water, light in the air.

by Billy Collins
from the book "The Art of Drowning"

Quotes

I feel like my job as an artist is to craft the very finest work that I can possibly do. . . . To craft it lovingly and carefully like this is my one and only opportunity in life to get it right.

Daniel Sprick

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"If you don't make good memories, no one will do it for you."

Terry Clark

from the "Wreaking Ball Blog"

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“When I go to work every day I’m really just trying to create a painting that was better than my last one.”

Jeremy Lipking

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"Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional."

Haruki Marakami

from "What I Talk About, When I Talk About Running"

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Thursday, March 05, 2009

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