Author: Hggns
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Attack of the Stack
The end of Summer and early Fall brings moderate weather, the last of the bright sun, and cool nights. An end to Summer projects- an art show, kids’ art camps, various supporting projects on the computer- and there is time to read in the morning and at night. Half-finished books, the casualties of the limited…
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SAM’d and Deliver!
I’ve been doing the Summer Art Market- “SAM” -for 30 years, give or take. It’s work, but is fun. It provides steady sales, real outreach to a large art loving public, and a great social event. It’s spacious and most are there to talk art. The prices remain well below gallery prices. As long as…
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House Work
The ideas don’t always come fluidly. Interesting things can often happen, but usually in the context of smaller works that have the feel of sketches or studies. You just keep plugging away until, in retrospect, an interesting image occurs. My personal life has included the sale of my childhood home. 60+ years of memories, gone…
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Ask Me About My Feminist Agenda: A Reading List
Spring rains and reading go together like April and May. Throw in some dark roast, or a red blend, and you’ve got a respectable lifestyle, except in MAGAt-land, of course. It struck me how many of this diverse list at least touched on women’s roles, which continue to evolve, despite the fascist backlash. Prose first,…
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Black is the Color
In the 80s, I did drawings with colored pencil on black paper. It creates a dream like ambience, and I even depicted a few real dreams, along with some amateur semiotics. I actually was awarded an Individual Artists Fellowship by the Colorado Council on Arts and Humanities in drawing. I left the medium behind when…
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A Book Is To Dream With
A Dusty Reading List I’ve recently undergone a rite of passage that many experience far earlier than I have: The loss of my last surviving parent. Dad was sharp and able up until the last couple of months. He spent most of his time in his chair, next to a stack of books, and it…
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Wild Thoughts
Wild Things, the Maurice Sendak show at the Denver Art Museum, is an absorbing show that only indirectly addresses some of the very complex issues that surround the artist. This is not too surprising; For one thing, the show was set up as one of those blockbuster, cattle call audience building shows, and at a…
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Reading Is Resistance
After a crazy year of traveling and shows, then a couple of months spent hiding from the New Model Army after the election, I’m back to a normal studio and class routine. By “normal”, I mean about 6-8 days each month as studio monitor at the Art Students League of Denver. You can sign up…
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Pop Go the Besties
It’s been a year. Filled with event, not all of them positive. We forge on, after a crazy summer of family matters, and my usual art show scramble. Not to mention the Red States’ massive brain fart in November. I survived the summer family drama, and then got through the art show rush, then I…
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Summer Art Market 2024
Don’t Box Me In After a very busy Spring that included MoPrint and a death in the family, I recently did Summer Art Market. SAM is both a big party/social event, and a grind as the years lengthen, which is why it’s my only truly large show left. I do enjoy seeing everyone ( and…
