In this post I talked about how I’ve recently taken up sketching, after believing for the better part of five decades that I couldn’t draw at all. Here are a few more recent sketches from this new and exciting adventure.
Category: Art
the mysterious valley
there’s a mysterious valley
behind Lisa
I hadn’t noticed it until today
I guess I was too distracted
by the smile we’re told to look at
but there it is –
a path and a bridge
some mountains fading into mist
while Lisa sits there
daring us to look past her
/ / /
4 April 2025
Charlottesville VA
23
This is a poem
inspired by an album
inspired by twenty-three paintings.
This is a stanza in a poem
inspired by an album
inspired by twenty-three paintings.
This
is a word in a stanza in a poem
inspired by an album
inspired by twenty-three paintings.
T—
his is a letter in a word
in a stanza in a poem
inspired by an album
inspired by twenty-three paintings.
is the absence of a word
in a stanza in a poem
inspired by an album
inspired by twenty-three paintings.
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up in the sky
we make the stars
make pictures
/ / /
14 March 2023
State College PA
the deep silence
of infinite landscapes
I grasp my son’s shoulder
/ / /
14 September 2022
Butcher’s Hill
Baltimore MD
Nearly every piece of art in my house was either made by someone I know or else given to me by someone I know. I love being surrounded by the art of people who matter to me. Here’s a tour of the Jason Crane Museum Of Art.
