My first blog, slightly frightening I have to say!  I have read all the do and don’t guides, and in the end the advice, as I see it, boils down to just getting on with it, and learning as I go, so here goes.

I did sit down and make some attempt at defining my interests, goals, and passions in life, things that may work well in the blogging environment!  Naturally art and design were up at the top, however I began to realize that I had an underlying reason for most of what I do, a reason that had some real teeth to it.

I am passionate about life itself, fascinated by the “Human Condition”, and strangely optimistic about the bigger possibilities for it all!

I have traveled enough of this planet to see and paint some of the diversity of human culture, however I have also witnessed our similarities, the commonalities, and deep connectedness, that’s there when all is said and done.

The more I paint, the more I strive to evoke in my work some expression of what I feel about life, is there some way to provoke dialogue that transcends the everyday rhetoric, that focuses on what really matters to each of us.

I don’t know the answer to that question, but for me its a powerful motivator, its more powerful than some of the other items on my “why do I do it” blog list!

For now I will leave you the blog ee (is there such a thing?) with the painting image below, as an example, perhaps, of an evocative creation that might stimulate dialogue.

EVOLUTION