http://www.conary.org/blog/ en scott@conary.org Copyright 2010 2010-07-01T04:22:00+00:00 http://www.conary.org/blog/entry/first_thursday_paw_team_in_the_pearl http://www.conary.org/index.php/blog/entry/first_thursday_paw_team_in_the_pearl/#When:04:22:00Z [smug]919533816_4ynPJ[/smug] Whether big or small, most everyone has had a beloved animal in their life. But not everyone can always easily provide the care that pet may need. The Portland Animal... 2010-07-01T04:22:00+00:00 http://www.conary.org/blog/entry/city_hall_and_portland_open_studios http://www.conary.org/index.php/blog/entry/city_hall_and_portland_open_studios/#When:02:26:54Z In the midst of the tornado/train/vortex/-insert metaphor-, there is some unadulterated good. Tomorrow night, at Portland City Hall, there is a reception celebrating 10 years of Portland Open... 2010-03-04T02:26:54+00:00 http://www.conary.org/blog/entry/analog_jane http://www.conary.org/index.php/blog/entry/analog_jane/#When:00:23:20Z A new radiant little life has joined our family. Jane Elliot Conary was born on January 13th at 3:57pm. Any baby makes a huge impact on the family. Jane decided to make an even bigger one. [smug]... 2010-03-04T00:23:20+00:00 http://www.conary.org/blog/entry/patience_and_new_additions http://www.conary.org/index.php/blog/entry/patience_and_new_additions/#When:20:32:39Z I've been a little remiss in posting to the blog for somewhat understandable and consuming reasons. My wife and I -insert sound of trumpets and angels singing- are having a baby, our first. This... 2009-09-17T20:32:39+00:00 http://www.conary.org/blog/entry/cinnamon_salt http://www.conary.org/index.php/blog/entry/cinnamon_salt/#When:20:21:42Z I dream of painting figures dancing with goblins and wolves. And so paint barns instead. Landscapes, like still lives, are easy to mock but I love them both. Fueled by a vacation to sunny and warm... 2009-03-30T20:21:42+00:00 http://www.conary.org/blog/entry/pennsylvania_bread_newshow http://www.conary.org/index.php/blog/entry/pennsylvania_bread_newshow/#When:07:12:31Z Included in a show opening tonight, along with a half dozen or so other pieces, is this, the final version of a painting I've posted several times recently: Pennsylvania, 48" x 36", Oil on Canvas 2009-03-05T07:12:31+00:00 http://www.conary.org/blog/entry/a_day_in_the_life http://www.conary.org/index.php/blog/entry/a_day_in_the_life/#When:23:42:15Z Pennsylvania, 48" x 36", Oil on Canvas - work in progress [smug]484717524_QwKN2[/smug] By late morning I'm on my way to the studio. I scrape the palette clean, admonish myself for never cleaning... 2009-03-03T23:42:15+00:00 http://www.conary.org/blog/entry/new_chapters http://www.conary.org/index.php/blog/entry/new_chapters/#When:08:20:12Z Yesterday I woke with a jaw aching from habit and stale useless worry. I woke remembering that I didn't need to clench my way through another day. The big project that I'd worked on for more months... 2009-02-20T08:20:12+00:00 http://www.conary.org/blog/entry/machete http://www.conary.org/index.php/blog/entry/machete/#When:20:15:20Z My wife is laughing at me right now. I'm staring at my computer with too many thoughts. What does she know? Does she know that abstract and representational work are flavors of the same beverage?... 2008-12-12T20:15:20+00:00 http://www.conary.org/blog/entry/giving_it_a_name http://www.conary.org/index.php/blog/entry/giving_it_a_name/#When:07:33:55Z The rain hasn't arrived quite yet. The air is crisp and the sky is unpaintable blue. The wind plucks at the last golden leaves clinging to trees hunkering down for our brief winter. Listen to the... 2008-12-04T07:33:55+00:00 http://www.conary.org/blog/entry/weighting http://www.conary.org/index.php/blog/entry/weighting/#When:18:49:48Z I hold onto a few illusions about what it is I do. Whatever value art has, I'm not curing cancer or unclogging toilets*. In the midst of the economic turmoil we're all hearing about or living, for... 2008-11-21T18:49:48+00:00 http://www.conary.org/blog/entry/anything_i_want http://www.conary.org/index.php/blog/entry/anything_i_want/#When:04:31:34Z I know I should be fussing over mailing lists. And mighty landscapes and introspective figurative narratives. But right now, at this moment, I love paint. At some point the thought creeps in, "I can... 2008-11-07T04:31:34+00:00 http://www.conary.org/blog/entry/cockroach http://www.conary.org/index.php/blog/entry/cockroach/#When:20:53:55Z Thick Chop, 8" x 8" [smug]395639666_oaBWJ[/smug] Cranky. That's what I am when I can't paint. When I don't have the time, when other projects, apathy, or life gets in the way. It's not so different... 2008-10-17T20:53:55+00:00 http://www.conary.org/blog/entry/recap_meaty_show_openings_and_still_open_studios http://www.conary.org/index.php/blog/entry/recap_meaty_show_openings_and_still_open_studios/#When:20:25:35Z It's been a roller coaster year, a good year. [smug]396058875_V9B2q[/smug] The show opening in Bend at BICA went very well with a sometimes overwhelmingly positive response (a nice article about... 2008-10-17T20:25:35+00:00 http://www.conary.org/blog/entry/getting_dressed_the_open_studios_oct_11_12_18_19 http://www.conary.org/index.php/blog/entry/getting_dressed_the_open_studios_oct_11_12_18_19/#When:04:28:34Z The studio is getting dressed for its first day out in public. [smug]388317384_CYfy3[/smug] This year, I'm participating in the Portland Open Studios ( http://www.portlandopenstudios.com). This... 2008-10-07T04:28:34+00:00 http://www.conary.org/blog/entry/new_show_new_gallery_bica http://www.conary.org/index.php/blog/entry/new_show_new_gallery_bica/#When:21:49:10Z I'm very pleased to write that I've been invited to join in the opening exhibit of a new gallery, Bend Independent Contemporary Art, in Bend, OR. Bend is a fast growing community on the east side of... 2008-09-04T21:49:10+00:00 http://www.conary.org/blog/entry/lamb http://www.conary.org/index.php/blog/entry/lamb/#When:00:20:43Z A friend said the key to writing is "substance". It's a running joke. When either of us gets down to the making of something because of a real event or real thing (something of "substance"), the... 2008-08-26T00:20:43+00:00 http://www.conary.org/blog/entry/goodbye_angela http://www.conary.org/index.php/blog/entry/goodbye_angela/#When:23:38:23Z She was so certain of her eye and what she wanted that on a visit to her house some years ago with my wife, she pointed to one of my paintings that I'd given her. Sweetly, with innocent pride, she... 2008-08-25T23:38:23+00:00 http://www.conary.org/blog/entry/send_the_work_to_maine http://www.conary.org/index.php/blog/entry/send_the_work_to_maine/#When:00:04:04Z For the next couple months, ten of the still lifes - including the pair of unmentionable meats, the new pork chop and drum stick - will be on view at Susan Maasch Fine Art in Portland, Maine. They... 2008-06-07T00:04:04+00:00 http://www.conary.org/blog/entry/greedy_the_apple_and_the_old_turkey http://www.conary.org/index.php/blog/entry/greedy_the_apple_and_the_old_turkey/#When:01:02:15Z I think I'll be greedy. Bitten Apple, 5" x 6" [smug]294885158_QesYt[/smug] While in college, of all things, I painted the head of a Turkey. A few years after graduation I was showing an old... 2008-05-14T01:02:15+00:00