No school at all

Hi,

I was at school
again today
and got out late.
I handed back the
first serious essay
in one course,
and my students
lined up after class
to ask questions. On the way home I started thinking about
Richard Diebenkorn. The photo above is of Diebenkorn's
"Interior with view." I never enjoyed the stretch of the Allen
Road that runs by a string of industrial warehouses on Dufferin,
until a friend turned me on to Diebenkorn's paintings.
Since that day I've been thinking about how to make a landscape
more abstract, and realizing that Toronto's flat warehouse
buildings would be perfect subject matter. This may seem
a strange preoccupation for a portrait painter. But,
it's all form and it's all painting. There's a long list of
painters I admire, and they don't conform to one
type, or one school. Check out more Diebenkorn at:
http://www.artcyclopedia.com/gallery/diebenkorn_richard.html

Here's a shot of the backyard I thought I could simplify into shapes.