by Danny | Apr 12, 2008 | Creative Process, Evocations
Lately, my creative energy has been channeled into a whole new kind of endeavor. I am almost eight months pregnant with my first child, due on May 14. It is quite a miracle to feel this little being kicking around inside me. One unexpected side effect of this...
by Danny | Mar 7, 2008 | Creative Process, gardening
For the past several months, I have let my vegetable garden go wild. The result has been a jungle of weeds and plants sending up tall shoots, going to seed. The other day, I traversed wet grass to the far corner of our yard to pay the vegetable garden a visit and was...
by Danny | Feb 17, 2008 | Creative Process, Sanctuary
I spent several days this past week absorbed in the computer, prepping files for printing new images in the Sanctuary series (like this one here). There was something so absorbing and meditative about the process of spotting out dust and light reflections. And there...
by Danny | Feb 6, 2008 | Bottle Dreams, Creative Process, fishing, teaching
One of the benefits of the creative life is being able to shift my working rhythm in response to new opportunities and internal needs. The new year has already offered me the experience of changing pace several times. January started out fast and furious with teaching...
by Danny | Dec 13, 2007 | art and healing, books, Creative Process, Inspiration, quotes
One of my favorite parts of the holidays is gift giving – thinking about each person, brainstorming gift ideas for them, making or acquiring the gift, and then wrapping it in colorful paper and ribbons. There is creative thinking and some handiwork involved that is...
by Danny | Nov 25, 2007 | business of art, Creative Process, Studio
I have spent the past week taking photographs of my Muir Beach studio to accompany an article about my art and studio space for a new magazine, Western Art & Architecture. It has been a learning experience. It has shown me how I have cultivated an eye for detail,...
