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Machinations of a Distracted Mind
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The studio blog of painter Christopher Rico. Traces the journey of an artist from obscurity to...?
- Added on: Aug 26th, 2008
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Author: Christopher Rico
- Listed in: Arts Small Business
- Tags: painting Abstract Art arts South Carolina studio rico
Recent Posts
Adieu
I will hopefully receive good news this week regarding a small sale. This will enable me to purchase more paper and finally get back to work. Meanwhile, there is nothing going on. I have decided to sign off early this year and enjoy a prolonged me...
Being Lucian
Lucian Freud, Reflection (self-portrait); oil on canvas; 51 x 56 cm; 1985If I could be another painter, I think I would be Lucian Freud. His surfaces ignite an eroticism and passion within me which is both visceral and spiritual. His paint drips l...
No comment...well ok, just a few
The temperature has dropped below 35, making it unbearable to work in the studio. I can't afford heat, so I sit out the coldest weeks and wait. To occupy myself, I've been reading the reports from Art Basil Miami. I confess I should know better. ...
traveling man
I'm hitting the road the next few days, picking up work, dropping off work, the ebb and flow of the studio world. I remember that at the end of last year I thought to myself, "if I can just make it through 2009, I'll be ok". After the worst economi...
mini me
I continue to work on paper, and decided to go vertical once again. This looks straight out of the F&S series, a revisiting of sorts. I am deeply conflicted about repeating myself. I have a strong aversion to it as a matter of fact. Yet I als...
unconquered
OUT of the night that covers me,Black as the Pit from pole to pole,I thank whatever gods may beFor my unconquerable soul. In the fell clutch of circumstanceI have not winced nor cried aloud.Under the bludgeonings of chanceMy head is bloody, but unbow...
