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“The accretion of paint is a process that occurs over a span of time, making every painting a temporal cross-section, and thus making the theme of Owens’s untitled series a meditation on its own medium. This self-reflexivity comprehends a present tense – that of Owens’s painterly rhetoric – in relation to a past: the vertiginous art-historical context out of which she picks and mixes. Her authority can be gauged by the extent to which she convinces us that painterly role-playing is an unavoidable consequence of a contemporary engagement with an atomized painting tradition, rather than an opportunistic travesty of the unknowability of history.” - Mark Prince

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December 15

Open Studios at Vermont Studio Center

There are so many amazing artists here at VSC. I’m going to miss them dearly. Here are some pics from my tours. It does not include everyone, just a few highlights from the open studio installations/works.

Install of my studio w/ Champagne, fruit and a deck of cards

A writing showdown in Tommy Zurhellen’s studio. Vincent Valdez on the right and me on the left. It’s not like me to be competitive, but Tommy said I won.

Carol Boucher “Paintings I did on my vacation”

Sondra R Perry “God gave Noah/ the rainbow sign/ no more water/ the fire next time”

Richard Kurtz

Jody Zinner

Rachel Crummey

Nicholas Johnson (unfinished)

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December 2

I’m a new fan geek of Garth Evans. He’s a visiting artist here at Vermont Studio Center and I am really into his new clay sculptures. In his lecture, I really got a sense of how he transforms objects into abstractions- like a dead rabbit from a Flemish still life into a few pieces of wood. Real nice.

Also I’m gonna brag because he just did a studio visit and it was pretty great. It’s funny how gratifying it can be when people hold a mirror up to your work.

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November 28

Rema Ghuloum interview

I wanted to post this interview between my friend Rema Ghuloum and Shanna Waddell about Rema’s painting and her trip to India that sparked her Shrine project. I’ve seen bits and pieces of her project, but never saw her whole installation until today because she is too damn modest. See below and here for some images of the work. It’s great.

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