The “Long Version”

On March 11th, I was given an opportunity to explain my artistic journey to Rob and Sandi at the Meyera E. Oberndorf Central Library in Virginia Beach. Monthly, they interview and record a local artist for their Youtube “Meet the Artist series.” I dread recordings, visual or audio. They just usually haven’t ended well for me. It always seemed like as soon as the record button was pushed, all of my nervous tics displayed and fanned out like the tail of a peacock, thus obliterating any hope of “coming across right.” However, let me say again, however, this time was different. My messaging wasn’t perfect of course, but somehow Rob and Sandi put me at ease, I got lost in the love of art and explanations flowed for almost an hour. If fact, it is difficult to remember having such a generous audience and space to just walk though the long version of “why art” in my life.

Anyway, my recording will be available on Youtube on April 7th and I welcome you to give it a look and a listen— “Carolina Sumi-e” I’m calling it. A recent painting, “After A Rainy Night,” displays this mix of Carolina coastal sentiments and sumi-e style. The link is https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCthFY1kbs-z2e-mEuBjOnhA.