Greg Mason Burns

Artistic Process

Art and Productivity

[caption id="attachment_3295" align="alignleft" width="300"] Art and Productivity: when art develops over time[/caption] This has been something on my mind for some time. I wouldn't call it a rant, or really anything new, but it is a reality and I believe an important point to share: that artists are as productive as corporate workers in spite of not being able to show anything at the end of a particular day. Thinking is Working Look, I get what you're thinking - how is it possible that an artist is working when sitting in a café watching the world go by? There's no way to put...

Painting is easy when you don’t know how…

[caption id="" align="alignright" width="392"] Zapatos de Flamenco - Oil Pastel on Glass[/caption] I decided on a new project to paint the streets of Curitiba, Brasil. I'm not choosing streets based on their fame or beauty, but more on their composition. I guess that's beauty in the end, and I'm not sure what it means that many of the streets I chose ended up being smack dab in the middle of the favelas here, but either way it says something about how I choose objects. For example, I have a long-term project to document flamenco, but I'm not interested in painting a...

Sometimes You Gotta Fly

[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="250"] A blessed fisherman in Coquimbo, Chile telling me that sometimes you gotta fly.[/caption] Like so much in this world, there are a million things I don't know anything about. I'm struggling now, and I know it will kill me the next few days until I turn it around; and then I'll find myself melting into a pool of gold, smiling, laughing, crying, grateful, sticky. Sometimes you gotta fly. I have no expectations, and probably even fewer skills. Sometimes I wonder if I even have the drive, passion, or heart. Other times, I weep with my luck and pray for...