January 2010

The way I work, one painting begets the one yet to come. The paintings grow out of each other. My paintings come from the things around me that I see, such as ancient mountains, (the...

“In Northampton some one went around lighting houses on fire while people slept around Christmas time, one right after the other. People died, and some lost their houses. Everyone was so nervous to sleep at night, but the arsonist was caught and confessed. The community...

Painting and Life Writings "My introduction to Jim Gahagan came as an undergraduate student of his at Pratt Institute in the 60's. I was also studying realist painting under Lennart Anderson at the Art Students League. I felt frustrated because something in me was not getting...