http://taiyolapaix.com painter Thu, 05 Aug 2010 15:01:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I did my first studies for Kiss in a backwoods cafe in North Carolina, during a lonely and miserable time in my life. A very young woman brought me coffee and coconut cream pie, and asked if I was studying art in school. She said she used to ... http://taiyolapaix.com/?p=197 Uploaded la Japonaise in Paintings section. My poem in top right translates to: Don't let go when the wind blows. Hold on tight till your last breath, like a pair of love-crazed butterflies, dancing in the sky, seeking out flowers, sharing in their love for one another, in the last days of ... http://taiyolapaix.com/?p=177 Uploaded new painting, "She Smells Like a Coconut." Much as I love what I do (I wouldn't do it if I didn't), I sometimes note that a great weakness in most of my art is that, it really isn't, and never will be, important art. I especially felt so as ... http://taiyolapaix.com/?p=173 Uploaded new painting "Ecstasy." http://taiyolapaix.com/?p=168 Uploaded new painting "All Cats and Dogs Go to Heaven." I was bereaved when my cat, Bu, was killed by a driver last year. Bu was the nicest fellow ever. He'd been abandoned as a kitten, probably because he suffered from epilepsy. He seemed at death's door when we found ... http://taiyolapaix.com/?p=156 Uploaded new painting "Twinkle." This painting can be as philosophical or as light as you feel. The goldfish is in loving memory of Malcolm, Staci's beloved goldfish who just passed away. We buried him under the willow at Lake Louise, where he is now together with Daisy and Dawn. It ... http://taiyolapaix.com/?p=154 Uploaded Gotta Gotta Go in the drawings page. I started doing my drawings in between paintings, sort of as a break--they have no subject matter to speak of, and they were intended to be nothing but pure fun for myself. In some ways, that makes them purer than my paintings in ... http://taiyolapaix.com/?p=149 If you're in the Miami area, and if your schedule permits, The Satellite Gallery will present me at... Gen Art Vanguard New Contemporary Art Fair-Art Basel December 4 - 7, 2008 Charcoal Studios, 2135 NW 1st Avenue, Miami, FL 33127, Wynwood Arts District, 305-695-8200 vanguard@genart.org http://genart. org/x/vanguard/ General admission is free. I'd be honored to have your ... http://taiyolapaix.com/?p=127 Uploaded The Town Howls at Dusk in Paintings section. This one was supposed to be just fun and devoid of any meaning--a sort of break from the heavier subjects I'd been dealing with. As I worked on it, however, I began to realized that it wasn't so vapid after all. ... http://taiyolapaix.com/?p=126 Uploaded "The Bruggemann Triptych" and each of its panels in the "commissioned" page. These were commissioned by my dear friend from Phillips Academy, Reid Bruggemann, as illustrations for a piece he is writing about the Hindu deities. I normally stay away from religious subjects, but when a friend wants a ... http://taiyolapaix.com/?p=124