something Bruce said at SXSW

"So rumble, young musicians, rumble. Open your ears and open your hearts. Don't take yourself too seriously, and take yourself as seriously as death itself. Don’t worry. Worry your ass off. Have unclad confidence, but doubt. It keeps you awake and alert. Believe you are the baddest ass in town — and you suck! It keeps you honest. Be able to keep two completely contradictory ideals alive and well inside of your heart and head at all times. If it doesn't drive you crazy, it will make you strong. And stay hard, stay hungry and stay alive. And when you walk on stage tonight to bring the noise, treat it like it's all we have — and then remember it's only rock 'n' roll."

Like the Tom Seaver quote I mentioned on March 25 of last year, this says something to me about what it is to be a painter, and thoughts like these have kicked around in my head for years. 

Group Show

I have three paintings in a group show at LIU Brooklyn's Salena Gallery, March 5-30.

Man and woman with door, 2011, oil on canvas, 14x16in. 

Head of a woman, 2009, oil on canvas, 20x20in.

Walking woman, 2009, oil on canvas, 22x28in.