I've posted "A Girl Can Dream", a poem that first appeared as part of the Image-ine series at TweetSpeakPoetry. The poem is inspired by Nicola Slattery's painting "Red Shoes".

http://writingwithoutpaper.blogspot.com/2013/05/a-girl-can-dream-poem.html

Today's post is another in an occasional series presenting something you might not know about poets or poetry.

http://writingwithoutpaper.blogspot.com/2013/05/monday-muse-asks-did-you-know.html

The Thought for the Day is a quote by painter Carmen Herrera.

http://writingwithoutpaper.blogspot.com/2013/03/thought-for-day_24.html

My poem "A Ladder Our Boat", inspired by Holly Friesen's painting "Warrior Canoe", appears today for Image-ine at TweetSpeakPoetry, the T.S. Poetry blog:

http://www.tweetspeakpoetry.com/2013/03/15/image-ine-warrior-canoe-by-holly-friesen/

Today begins the first of a series of posts in which I share by conversations by e-mail with artist Walt Pascoe:

http://writingwithoutpaper.blogspot.com/2013/03/conversation-with-artist-walt-pascoe.html

Today's post profiles expressionist painter and master printmaker James Lavadour, who co-founded the nonprofit Crow's Shadow Institute of the Arts.

http://writingwithoutpaper.blogspot.com/2013/02/james-lavadour-turner-of-northwest.html

Posted 'What Girls in a Poppy Field Know', inspired by Canadian painter Edmund Montague Morris's painting 'Girls in a Poppy Field', and dedicated to my father and all veterans whose memory we honor:

http://writingwithoutpaper.blogspot.com/2012/11/what-girls-in-poppy-field-know-poem.html

I've posted a new poem for fall,"In Season", inspired by and dedicated to painter Holly Friesen.

http://writingwithoutpaper.blogspot.com/2012/10/in-season-poem.html

In today's post, Monday Muse looks at British poets' contributions for "Metamorphosis: Poems Inspired by Titian", commissioned for a National Gallery London exhibition of Titian's works and published this past June by National Gallery Co.

http://writingwithoutpaper.blogspot.com/2012/09/monday-muse-poets-respond-to-titian.html

I've posted a brief feature on painter Reinoud van Vught and a link to a talk he gave about his creative process and looking at, thinking about, and understanding art.

http://writingwithoutpaper.blogspot.com/2012/08/painter-reinoud-van-vught.html

Today's quote is by painter Agnes Martin:

http://writingwithoutpaper.blogspot.com/2012/07/thought-for-day_08.html

Today's poem, "The Innocence of Trees", is inspired by commentary about the painter Agnes Martin and her grids. The title is taken from a quote by Martin of how she came to create her grid paintings.

http://writingwithoutpaper.blogspot.com/2012/06/innocence-of-trees-poem.html

A quote of the late artist Dorothea Tanning is Sunday's Thought for the Day.

I've included a video of a selection of Tanning's artwork.

http://writingwithoutpaper.blogspot.com/2012/05/thought-for-day.html

I've posted a new poem, "Diagnosis", for my friend and a brilliant artist Walt Pascoe.

http://writingwithoutpaper.blogspot.com/2012/03/diagnosis-poem.html

For those who might have missed the news, the Clyfford Still Museum opened in Denver, Colorado, November 18. I've posted a video preview of the museum and an excerpt from a new one-hour documentary about the abstract artist.

http://writingwithoutpaper.blogspot.com/2011/11/clyfford-still-gets-his-own-museum.html

A brief feature on the nature- and folk-inspired art of Rogene Manas is posted.

http://writingwithoutpaper.blogspot.com/2011/07/artist-rogene-manas.html

Perhaps you've heard of the "mini Monet"? He's not yet nine and his exhibitions sell out. He's painter Kieron Williamson and today's Wednesday Wonder.

http://writingwithoutpaper.blogspot.com/2011/05/wednesday-wonder-kieron-williamson.html

Washington, D.C., area native Alexa Meade painters on live models and pre-constructed sets and then photographs what she's created, producing a new artwork. Her talent is extraordinary and has brought her international fame. See the demonstration video in my post today and be amazed.

http://writingwithoutpaper.blogspot.com/2011/04/body-painter-alexa-meade.html

My new poem "Bill of Goods" is inspired by a Thomas Satterwhite Noble painting, "The Last Sale of Sales", and the interesting story behind it.

http://writingwithoutpaper.blogspot.com/2011/03/bill-of-goods-poem.html