Sometimes it’s okay to create something because you like it - that’s all - you just like it. There is no deeper meaning, no heartfelt emotional or philosophical underpinnings; none of that. You just like it. And that’s perfectly okay.

I’ve heard it said that some artwork is harder to view than other artwork, and I guess I agree with that. I can see that in movies for instance. There are some movies, though violent and perhaps bloody [i.e. hard to view], that still manage to draw me in as a viewer because of the craftmanship of the art . . . be it the scripting, the acting or directing. Whatever that something is, I perceive those movies as art. And that’s what it is: perception. Art, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder.

Art is about the art. And in creating that art, an artist puts some of himself there on the canvas. And that part is not necessarily a logical process. Sometimes it just happens.

“Any artist should be grateful for a naive grace which puts him beyond the need to reason elaborately.” - Saul Bellow

This one has a tenuous link to the robot graveyard series, namely the coffin-like shape in the lower right corner, the geometric shapes throughout and the cartoonish color scheme. I look at it as a disassembly of the various parts of the robot graveyard world. A serious work of art if you ask me [snicker-snicker].

“Robot Graveyard #3, Disassembly” is painted in acrylic and, as best I can recall, weighs in at around 24×24″ [I was too lazy to run out to the garage/studio to measure it just now].

Admittedly, I spent no time naming this painting; tuxedo dance may be as good a name as anything but it sounds a little weak. Any help?

I painted this from a photo taken at my brother’s wedding reception [my brother is the one in the suit, dancing with his new bride]. Size: 30×48″, acrylic and oil.

[it's been so long since my last post - just under a month - I'll try to do better!]