Jan 3, 2021 | Cities and Places Revisited, Peter's Musings, Poetry and Prose
Shimmer serenely… Then flash and blink Like broken bits of tesserae O NEON LIT TRAVELLER IN TIME: STAND STILL AND WATCH THE MIME. Gondoliers’ oars stir Bulls-eye circles Into green molten glass Whose wavelets lap antiphonally Smooth marble steps. Sapphires...
Oct 31, 2015 | Art Teachings, Cities and Places Revisited, Down East Maine
As I review the photographic and painting explorations from my “half the year” down east, I am conscious of “context.” These ideas occurred to me as we drove back to Florida for the “other half of the year.” It was impossible...
Sep 18, 2015 | Cities and Places Revisited, Down East Maine
As the last piece of furniture was added today to the c. 1880 farmhouse in Maine, a kitchen table from about the same era, I was enveloped by a wonderful sense of fulfillment. After years of travel and many pursuits, I was home at last. Rewind to when I lived in...
Jul 20, 2015 | Art Teachings, Cities and Places Revisited
I was experiencing fog on the peninsula two days ago, and for some reason I remembered Jack Lemmon’s delightfully zany impersonation of an English aristocrat in the Billy Wilder film Irma la Douce– “I haven’t the foggiest.” His false...
Apr 1, 2015 | About Peter Stilton, Cities and Places Revisited, Peter's Musings, Poetry and Prose
One of our dearest collectors, who bought a number of paintings from me each year–almost always selecting MY favorite works–wanted us to accompany her on a trip to Paris. However, we were involved in a lawsuit against the gallery there by the French...