New – Sumi Watercolor Painting and Workshop – “No Fear Watercolor 1” – May 7, 2022, Foothills Art Center, Golden CO “A Morning Glory’s Hour” My span of years today appears a morning glory’s hour. – Arakida Moritake 1472-1549 1909W written on his deathbed at age 75. It was also his birthday. upcoming workshop – […]

A workshop and a painting with poet Bashō are featured here “I’m Lonely Too” Will you turn toward me? I am lonely too, this autumn evening.   – Basho 1905S This simple plea is poignant with the simplicity and directness. This is not attachment; this is not detachment. Instead, this is a true experience in a […]

Abstract sumi e painting based on Rumi poem below… “This Day is Conscious of itself. This day is a lover, bread and gentleness.”   -Rumi tr. CB 1907S Isn’t this an amazing thought – even the very day is conscious of itself! Everything is sacred in the Oneness of the All. We must bow down and […]

Spirit in Nature, in Trees, Rocks and Weeds, calls me again. I found in sumi e, the stark simplicity of black on white, the spirit of trees connecting me to the sky, evoking the mystery of oneness of us all. Following a series of color paintings in the year of covid lockdown, 2020, I wanted […]

Sumi e abstract painting “Sound of Breezes”. And what is mind and how is it recognized? What is Mind? “And what is mind And how is it recognized? It is clearly drawn in sumi ink, the sound of breezes drifting through pine.” -Ikkyū Sōjun 1875S This Sumi e abstract painting “Sound of Breezes” and the […]

My latest Sumi e Painting, “My Blossoming Heart”, is a favorite because I feel it in my heart and soul. “True, I may appear unkempt like a rotting tree, jetsam and flotsam, but on the right occasion this old heart can still blossom.” The Monk Kengú 1874S Sumi e – “The Space Between Us” The […]

“Divine Feminine – Sumi Sculpture” introduces my black, Neolithic inspired figures, small sculptures which I call Sumi, as they are black as ink. Welcome to my new-found world of creating Divine Feminine, small, clay figure sculptures. I’m fortunate to be able to do clay work at the studio of Mary Mackey at Urban Mud in […]

The moon like a pallid ember – my abstract sumi e here today, I see as Hope. “The moon like a pallid ember began to go out in the banks of fog…” – Antoine de Saint Exupéry “ Wind, Sand & Stars” 1855S I see the moon as hope. It’s for us to not let […]

“Dive deeper” exploration in abstract Sumi e – and diving deeper into the Light… You have been walking on the ocean’s edge, holding up your robes to keep them dry. You must dive deeper under, a thousand times deeper. -Rumi “Beyond Love Stories” 1851S This painting is available as the Original and as Prints in […]

Abstract sumi e, “Wild Flowers May Grow” from a poem by Rumi. Very little grows on jagged rock. Be ground. Be crumpled so wild flowers will come up where you are. – “Surrender” Rumi 1903S We want to learn how to leave off being so rigid, so sure of our opinions. Humility and an open […]