Unseeing
words are just messier paint

Go big and go home
new day new work new size
The Hope of Beauty
Friday, December 9, at 7:00pm I will be speaking at Calvin Presbyterian Church in Cumberland Rhode Island. I titled the lecture, The Hope of Beauty - or maybe the Beauty of Hope - it depends on what you look at. I had trouble deciding which one it was. As I have been...

Silent Things open next month!
My newest work will be exhibited at the Eric Schindler Gallery in Richmond, VA November 18 through December 21. I will be in town for the artist reception on Friday November 18 from 7-9om. Come on by and see what I've been up to. Silent Things new work by R.Sawan...

nothing like fresh paint
There is nothing that smells the same. Fresh oil paint on the palette. linseed oil. wood. I love putting new paint out on the palette; I always put one color that has no business being there. One color that is a challenge for me. That's that little glob of lavender...

On the task of website redesign
I would love to have entitled this post "New and Improved Website; Fully Functional, Updated and Without Typos." Yes, I would have loved that. But we all know that isn't really a possibility. I have stared so many hours at this screen and drank so much coffee, I'm...