Thomas Noskowski

Pete and I both have colds, so we're planning on ringing in the New Year with some hot bowls of Green Chili Stew. For Fuck's Sake - after 11 years of living here, I finally find out that this whole time I've been able to mail order the stuff! So, without hesitation, I ordered some during the fall's harvest season and, eight weeks later, my freezer is 10lbs heavier with some o' the ol' new mexico crack - Green Chilis. mmmm'... if you're from New Mexico, you know exactly what I'm talking about.

Artwise, I ran into an article in W Magazine about Thomas Noskowski. What struck me (rather bluntly) about this artist is his commitment to painting small as a way of making art work available to people of all income levels and classes. In the 60's he rejected painting large because paintings of such a scale were only accessible to museums, banks, corporate collections or rich people - the very establishment they were all trying so hard to address. So I really respect his outlook, and that he's kept up with it to this day - when scale is often used deliberately as a vehicle to fool the viewer into thinking the work is far more monumental than it really is.

I leave you with some images by Noskowski: