John Murray classes at NewArt

Center

Mon. Feb. 7 and Wed. Feb 9.

Mon. Acrylic&Oil Workshop and both SuperCharged Painting sessions on Wed.

This week we are going to paint and glaze the acrylic gel marks you developed last session. Please bring acrylic/oil paint and any mediums that you have and want to try.

Postmodern Graphic Assemblage

Mon. pm Feb. 7

This week we should complete and proof the lino block you started last mon. see you then. -john

Artist unknown...

is often the credit given on the art i most enjoy.

After visiting the Hirshhorn in Washington, Site Santa Fe in New Mexico and any number of smaller venues for the display of art, i realized that i'm generally most affected by the work of anonymous artists. Whether ancient or contempory, i find the power of the object out of context of a body of work and ego to be more eccentric and powerful. Is this my anti-social stance on most things acceptable to the art and political world, or is this the real power of the things that live outside of that dialogue? Perhaps it has something to do with my youthful LSD experiments and admiration for the 1950's iconic "Born to Lose" tattoos.

Mary and Sandy at Joshua Tree
what a trip! The art in Sante Fe, the road and the desert combined to open new neuro-pathways for dog and us.

Late afternoon the air at Joshua Tree feels like tiny particles of cool energy.

All the museum art i've seen driving from Boston, in D.C. and Sante Fe, pales by comparison to this amazing visceral and conceptual moment.