Golf and Painting

Here are two more for the Golf Course Series.

This was such a pleasant departure for me. 

I'm thinking about taking up golf again. 

I put it on hold when I started painting full time and miss it.  

In fact, here is the "artist statement" I wrote 

for my very first show

on April 12, 2001!  

 Painting is a lot like playing golf.

·      It is a discipline.

·      You have to work very hard at it to make any progress.

·      The more you practice, the better you get.

·      Every time you go out, you plan to be better than the last time.

·      You can have a string of really bad days where nothing works at all.

·      You think about quitting. Often.

·      Then, one day, you go out and everything clicks and you really “hit it”.

·      Then you’re hooked all over again and you can’t wait to get back at it.

The work in this show represents 

some of my best “shots” at a game that 

confounds me, 

excites me, 

and fascinates me every day. 

I hope to be playing this for the rest of my life.