What I'm Up To!

I'm facing a difficult decision, one that I presume every artist faces at one time or another.  Is the series finished?  Have I said all there is to say?  NOW WHAT?

Eighteen months ago, I began the series "Ancient Lands in Abstraction".  My original inspiration was a week-long visit to Canyon de Chelly on the Navajo reservation in northeastern Arizona.  As I explored deeper and deeper, however, the series expanded to include the subtitle "A Personal Meditation on the Holiness of Place". At that time I thought the series would never end.  It could include any ancient land - Mexico, Egypt, Peru, Greece, Italy.

But for a month, now, I have started and restarted a number of paintings, seeking an emotional spark. Perhaps it's the holidays, perhaps it's the all-too-frequent creative void that most artists confront.

I still don't know.  I'm still searching.  Stay tuned!