Bukowski Painting- Studio Wall

I think it is important for an artist to keep taking in ideas and images and constantly filter the information. The studio wall is like a living scrap book where you can keep ideas or inspiration for when you might need it.

This is a photo of a small portion of my studio at Bethany Lutheran College.

Bukowski Painting- The Word was with God

Detail:
Painting in progress- still wet

I was listening to a choir concert recently, and the words of the song kept repeating, In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God..... I found the lyric very compelling and was wondering if I could use it to title a painting. I was tiring of the same kind of titles: Garden Path, Morning Light, Summer Garden. I think when you look at gardens so long and hear the lyric, you could think about the nature of God. I know it is John 1:1 and I am thinking about it.

Bukowski Painting- Mankato Sibley Park

Detail- the path in Sibley Park
2008 December

I finally bought a few wider brushes and let loose, at least so far.
The brushstrokes are part of the search for the rhythm of the garden. The subject is still the same, the so-called English Garden at Sibley Park. A winter version has not tempted me because it implies snow, cold, death, darkness and those themes don't interest me too much at this time. Who knows....

Bukowski Painting- Decorating the Residence

New Beds- Late Summer
2007 oil on linen

The Minnesota Governor's wife, Mary Pawlenty saw my painting in the State Fair and requested a painting of mine to hang at the Governor's residence. I worked with her assistant and came up with this painting. It is on display in the governor's residence on Summit Ave. in St. Paul. The house is nicely decorated for Christmas and I think the painting will hold it's own in the collection. I like the fact that it is of Sibley Park and Sibley is the first governor of Minnesota.