Say what you will about the ten commandments, you must always come back to the pleasant fact that there are only ten of them. ~H.L. Mencken Nothing Will Ever Be The Same Again is a series of four books cast in cotton rag pulp, 19.5″ x 29.5″ each, by artist, Ravikumar Kashi.  This piece was [...]

If you think in terms of a year, plant a seed; if in terms of ten years, plant trees; if in terms of 100 years, teach the people.  ~Confucius Steve Tobin’s sculpture, Roots, is mentioned in What Remains? Outside Trinity Church, perched on the empty flagstone courtyard facing Wall Street, lightly rests Steve Tobin’s bronze sculpture,Roots.  [...]

The arts are the rain forests of society.  They produce the oxygen of freedom, and they are the early warning system when freedom is in danger.  ~June Wayne (1918-2011) Image Source: http://mbabramgalleries.com/june_wayne_goodbye.html

My work is purely autobiographical… It is about myself and my surroundings. ~Lucian Freud (1922-2011)

Graffiti is linear and it’s done with a pencil, and it’s like writing on walls. But in my paintings it’s more lyrical. Cy Twombly (1928 – 2011)

By Michelina Docimo Everything is created from moment to moment, always new. Like fireworks, this universe is a celebration and you are the spectator contemplating the eternal Fourth of July of your absolute splendor. ~Francis Lucille Driving north on 95 Friday evening, I was encircled by big booming fireworks coming down like colored rain.  I’ve [...]

By: Michelina Docimo During the Dutch Golden Age, the price of tulip bulbs reached an all-time high causing an economic bubble called Tulipomania.  The flower was considered a luxury and the more exotic the species, the greater the value.  What created the value?  Disease!  This watercolor of the Semper Augustus is an image of the [...]

Horizon Lines, Lost and Found in Sandra Eula Lee’s Two Waters (Seeds in a Wild Garden) By Michelina Docimo It’s an April day, actually Palm Sunday, and my mind is on how the warm sun and cool air meet on the surface of my skin, creating a brew of sentimental storm of dawn and departure. [...]

Plastic Politics: Letting Out What’s In the Bag And Man created the plastic bag and the tin and aluminum can and the cellophane wrapper and the paper plate, and this was good because Man could then take his automobile and buy all his food in one place and He could save that which was good [...]

By Michelina Docimo Vision is the art of seeing what is invisible to others. Johnathan Swift Today, I received a piece of advice that was simple, direct, and clear – “Focus.” He asked me, “where is your head?”  On top of my neck, I replied facetiously.  ”And what is inside of it?” he inquired further. [...]