Back in the day for example, Vincent only had to worry about having enough primary colors in stock for his palette and surfaces on which to paint. Also, maybe he had a preoccupation with an occasional letter to his brother Theo to help him understand why he was sending Vincent money all the time. Oh yes, and of course, he had to negotiate his room and board now and again, in the different locations where he painted  with the periodic trade of a small painting. (Which by the way, have surfaced from time to time at garage sales and such making the purchaser a multimillionaire. Lucky guy!) Vincent had no use for high speed internet, fast computers, blinding monitors nor Facebook! All he had to do was paint mostly, right?

Vincent van Gogh has become a house hold name in the world’s society as the quintessential artist who made it huge. Few people however, realize how little interface he had with his world while he was living, as is true with many artists over time. He unfortunately only sold one painting ” Red Vineyard at Arles” for 400 francs shortly before he died in Auver sur oise near Paris.

I find it interesting that the technologies of painting itself , the process of putting paint on canvass have not changed an iota in its purity since the beginning of civilized art, but look what has happened around us! Technology up the wazoo! I know it (technology) is a lot of work for me outside the venue of painting, but I must say, I am grateful for a medium in which I can participate in a platform that allows me to show my work to thousands. But, if I cut off my ear, it won’t be from painting!

That week reminded me of a trip I took to Spain some years back with intentions to paint the basking sunlight of Andalusia where I was informed, that the sun shinned every day all year! I spent two weeks in stormy rainy weather. Saddened by these conditions at first after having traveled so far, I quickly changed my mind set and got to work and came up with a series of street scenes with colorful umbrellas and landscapes with moody skies. I turned, what I thought at first was a lemon, into lemon aid and produced some of the best work I had done to that point. As the saying goes, “Life is not about waiting for the storm to pass, it is about learning how to dance in the rain.”

I have received many compliments over the years from all over the world concerning my art and I never forget them. The internet has brought a vastness of communication that is unprecedented and has brought a massive macrocosm into my little microcosm here in New Mexico. One of the emails that I just received I would like to share as an example of all these wonderful comments I get from OUT THERE.

“Hi! My name’s Helen. I live in a small country in the center of Europe – Belarus. Last summer I spent in Chicago and worked as a housekeeper at Weiss Memorial Hospital. It was the first time I saw your painting there – Misty Morning Stroll. I forgot about my work and stared at the picture))) It was like love from the first sight=) Thank you for the greatest painting I’ve ever seen.”

Sincerely H.K.

What a compliment!!!! I bring all this up only with the intention of communicating how all this really completes the circle for me. It fuels me into the next work and I am eternally grateful!

The paintings presented here are intended to give the visitor, a general overview of my work and the different directions it takes itself. It displays works of the past in the archived section, and current work that is for sale. This of course does not include many of the paintings that are displayed in the various galleries in which I show my work.

The site also will give the visitor information on current events and seminars offered, along with options to help create painting excursions domestic and foreign. I will soon post more of those ideas when they come together.

Please feel free to check in occasionally and see what’s new and thank for stopping by and taking a look!