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Tag: painter

Julia Hensley gives us a clue

The clues are every­where, but it isn’t until you see the title that the entire mean­ing becomes clear. I stum­bled across these paint­ings because I fol­low the artist on Twit­ter. Her han­dle is @julia_hensley. I don’t fol­low her because she’s an artist; a writer that I fol­low fol­lows her and I added her as I […]

Twin Trees — Albert York

via aimoneartservices.com From the NY Times obit­u­ary of Albert York, the painter who died last week at 80: “Rarely mea­sur­ing more than 12 inches on a side, Mr. York’s paint­ings evoke a world in which time and art seem to stand still or even move back­ward through his­tory.” It’s hard to write about art: the act […]

Something sacred about sitting on the porch

This sum­mer has a pat­tern and a habit that winds through it: com­ing down to the kitchen in the early morn­ing, the only one awake in the house; slid­ing the latch on Bella and Charlie’s crate; Bella skit­ter­ing behind me in a hurry and then right­ing her­self when I open the door off the kitchen […]