Butterfly IV

Butterfly IV, pastel sec, 12x16" (20x30 cm.)

This is the fourth of a butterfly series paintings in pastel, done in the past few days. They will be exhibited in the Galeria Bleixen, Plaza Los Establos, here in Boquete, Panama, beginning June 10th. Esta es la cuarta de una serie de pinturas de mariposas, hechas con pasteles. Seran exhibidas en la Galeria Bleixen, Plaza Los Establos, aqui en Boquete, Panama, desde el 10 de junio.

Butterfly III

Butterfly III, pastel sec, 8x12" (20x30 cm.)

Today I'd like to recommend the book: Mon Amour des Grandes Chemins (My Love of Great Roads) by Tom Carr. "Pilgrim, there is no road, you make it as you walk", is a line by Antonio Machado. Every day is a new day, we don't know what lies ahead for us, life happens as we go...take advantage of what life offers you, it may never happen again. Hoy voy a recomendar el libro: "Mi Amor de Grandes Caminos", escrito por Tom Carr. "Caminante no hay camino, se hace camino al andar" es una linea de Antonio Machado. Todos los dias es un nuevo dia, no sabemos que nos espera, la vida se desarrolla delante nuestro...hay que aprovechar lo que nos ofrece, pueda que nunca vuelva a ocurrir.

Butterfly II

Butterfly II, pastel sec, 8x12" (20x30 cm.) Painted here in Boquete, Panama, from my pictures of visiting butterflies to our garden. Pintado aqui en Boquete, Panama, de fotos tomadas en el jardin, de nuestras mariposas visitantes.

Nurturing Wildness...in you!: Wildness is the fuel. Improvisation brings out talent. To be creative, control freaks MUST let go. Control freaks are not visited by muses. Don't think: jump in. Work fast. Take risks. Play more. Draw, and draw and draw...and don't worry about it! Cuidando la vida salvaje...en ti! La vida salvaje es el alimento. La improvisacion saca a flor el talento. Para ser creativo, los controladores DEBEN dejar. Los controloadores no son visitados por las musas. No pienses: salta adentro. Trabaja rapido. Toma riesgos. Juega mas. Dibuja, dibuja y dibuja...y no te preocupes por ello!

Butterfly I

Butterfly I, pastel sec, 8x10" (20x30 cm.)
Just around our garden here in Boquete there are many beautiful butterflies. If you stay still for a few minutes with your camera ready, it's possible to take pictures of them on different flowers. I painted this pastel last week, from one of those pictures. Alrededor de nuestro jardin aqui en Boquete hay muchas mariposas. Si te quedas quieto por unos minutos con tu camara lista, puedes tomar fotos de ellas apoyadas en distintas flores. Pinte este pastel la semana pasada, de una de esas fotos.

I'd like to recommend the book How Art Made The World, by Nigel Spiney. He says "everyone is an artist", since we were able to walk on two feet. Our hands were freed to carry weapons, tools, and make art. When Pablo Picasso first visited the Lascaux caves in 1941 said: "We have learned nothing". Me gustaria recomendar el libro "Como el Arte Hizo Al Mundo", de Nigel Spiney. El dice que "todo el mundo es artista", desde que pudimos caminar en dos pies. Nuestras manos se liberaron para poder llevar armas, herramientas, y crear arte. Cuando Pablo Picasso visito por primera vez las cuevas de Lascaux en 1941, dijo: "No hemos aprendido nada".

Along the Road in Panama

Along the Road in Panama, watercolor, 5x7" (12x16 cm.)

Wassily Kandinsky, in his philosophical work Point and Line to Plane, says : "Fear arises from ignorance". He explains that architecture is bound up with utility, while music serves no practical purpose. These two opposite forms of art expression have a scientific basis about which nobody seems to feel offended. Then he says that PAINTING has only been freed from practical meaning and liberated from the necessity of responding to the many purposes it had earlier in the last one hundred years. Theoretically, he insists, a work of art can, in its final analysis, consist of a point. And a line, is the track made by a moving point. W.K, en su libro Punto y Linea al Plano, dice: "El miedo se eleva de la ignorancia". El explica que la arquitectura esta unida a la utilidad, mientras que la musica no sirve ningun proposito practico. Estas dos formas de expresion artistica tienen una base cientifica que no parece ofender a nadie. Entonces, dice Kandinsky, LA PINTURA ha sido liberada de su significado practico y de la necesidad de responder a propositos fijos solo en los ultimos 100 anos. Teoricamente, insiste, una obra de arte puede consistir, en el analisis final, de un punto. Y una linea, es el recorrido hecho por un punto en movimiento.

Zocalo

Zocalo, watercolor, 16x12" (40x30 cm.)

Wassily Kandinsky, in his book Point and Line to Plane , expressed his belief that knowledge is not needed for the layman to enjoy a work of art, a poem, or a musical composition. He likes it or dislikes it, like a sunset, or a flower. These are simply there to be enjoyed. Kandinsky was not only a painter and a scientist, but also a prophet of almost religious significance. W. Kandinsky, en su libro Punto y Linea al Plano, expreso su conviccion que el conocimiento no es necessario para que el hombre comun pueda disfrutar de una pintura, un poema, o una composicion musical. A el le gusta o no le gusta, como una puesta de sol, o una flor. Estas cosas simplemente estan alli para ser disfrutadas. Kandinsky fue no solamente pintor y cientifico, pero tambien un profeta de un significado casi religioso.

Boquete

Boquete, acrylic on canvas, 20x16" (50x40 cm.)

"The painter is the master of all kinds of things. If the painter wants to see and represent things beautiful enought to create love, she can do it, if the painter wants to see and represent monstrous things to create fear, or clowns to make you laugh, or to inspire pity, anything she wants, she can create, she's their master and goddess" Leonardo da Vinci