Geronimo's Cadillac

Window Series, Geronimo, Acrylic on Canvas

As you can see, I redesigned my blog spot.  The background is the famous photo of Geronimo in a Cadillac.  The photo was taken, as I understand, on a ranch in north east Oklahoma.  Geronimo was imprisoned at Fort Sill in Lawton, Oklahoma.  This iconic image has provided both artists and songwriters inspiration.  It does speak to the tragedy that was the nomadic plains tribes as they confronted western civilization.

I am back in the studio painting every day.  The weather has been favorable but the winds are still with us.  I am about 5 ideas ahead of actual work.  It gets hard to stay on task when the ideas come faster than you can execute them.  There are 3 more paintings in the series I am doing and I already have ideas for 2 more from what I am calling my "Dick and Jane" series.  This beats the opposite, when the well of creativity is dry!

I often remind people you can't judge history from a current point of view.  Context is everything.  On this new series I once again am working with iconic images from my childhood and putting them in a contemporary context.  Sometimes this points to the truth in some icons and the absurdity in others.

In recent posts, I spoke of my faith only to notice a rash of religious ads on my blog.  I wonder if I talk about the joys of beer and my love of good IPA's, will the ads change?  We'll see...