Man can hardly even recognize the devils of his own creation. – Albert Schweitzer More often than not, the characters hidden in the splatters and stains I see on the sidewalk communicate to me immediately who they are. They also insist with a certain amount of urgency that I run home and paint them without … Read more
Art, like prayer, is a hand outstretched in the darkness seeking for some touch of grace which will transform it into a hand that bestows gifts. – Franz Kafka In his book, Prayer, Timothy Keller takes us inside Flannery O’Connor’s A Prayer Journal, which she started in 1946 while studying at the University of Iowa. … Read more
There is a friend who sticks closer than a brother. – Proverbs 18:24 Petit chien extraterrestre is painted on a piece of scrap paper and dated March 2020. The inspiration for this piece, however, comes from wax candle splatters I had noticed on the table of the balcony of my Québec City apartment the summer … Read more
An artist, simply by being honest to the sense of the world, can tap into future realities. – Makoto Fujimura, Art + Faith (77) Purchasing a scanner and digitizing my work has me going through all the pieces I have created since that fateful day three years ago when I noticed in a box of … Read more