This concept applies to art too: Benjamin Graham's concept was that in the short run, the stock market is like a voting machine; tallying up which firms are popular and unpopular. But in the long run, the market is like a weighing machine; assessing the substance of a company.

Why not take risk? Why not experiment? Painting isn't driving.

IMO, the big news in the art auction world this year wasn't the teenie bopper works by Banksy, Hockney and AI, it was this "Attributed to Giambologna" wax study, est US$40k-60k, that sold quietly at Christie's yesterday for $588,000. #Michelangelo

Sadly, many equate tidy painting with high quality painting. While the two are not mutually exclusive, tidiness alone cannot make up for other shortcomings, even if the former can fool a lay observer.

I'm uncomfortable with the changes made to #Vermeer's "Girl Reading a Letter by an Open Window". The experts seem sure, but that same kind of hubris spoiled the Sistine's ceiling. The painting's composition works better the way it was (shown). That's a red flag. What's the rush?

I like the notion of "terrifying beauty".

November 3rd, 2020. Vote. 🇺🇸

Everyone's in the dark.

My recent trip to Monhegan Island gave me an opportunity to paint a variety of atmospheric effects. This day was foggy. How does one paint atmosphere? …

“Pride goeth before a fall.”