Some time has passed, the studio is finished and I’m making art there.

Building a new studio, as is normal I’m told, takes much longer than anticipated or promised. With the talent and flexibility required of a few good local craftsmen as I perfected the layout, working around unexpected blueprint flaws. This very workable space is finally finished and I’m becoming comfortable in it. The windows remind me of the artist’s loft windows seen in old movies and my old loft in the Smith Gormley Building on St. Paul Street in Rochester. This wall full of tall windows provides beautiful light to work by.  My orchids, African violets and banana tree are thriving in their light. Let creativity thrive in it too.

I’ve started painting a new series that references memories associated with childhood. I’m exploring my own loss of childhood in my work I’ve been told. That certainly is true as another recent anniversary of my birth has passed. The memories portrayed in the images I’ll add to the paintings will fade into the dark canvases, just as memories fade over time.

A photo of the early stages of the paintings in progress in the new studio can be seen below.

New paintings in the new studio