Erroll Garder, Bill Evans, Coltrane, Beck, Joe Yamada

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Art is a learning skill that lasts a lifetime. You can’t learn it by just reading or taking in a lecture, or looking at a video. You have to do it, and by the doing you can see the results. Experimental skill building, a long journey of exploration, trying different things, finding what you like, wondering why something works and moving that next step closer to a dream called craftsmanship. I have always been an artist, but didn’t try to make a serious goal until November 2003. On that day in November, I wandered into an exhibition of Walter Inglis Anderson at the Smithsonian Industry and Arts Building (that was then closed shortly after): Everything I see is New and Strange. I found picture after picture, watercolor/pencil/ink drawings on plain 11 x 8 1/2 in sheets of paper of the most amazing images. Everything is connected to everything. There is not one blade of grass or one small creature that is not connected to me. Ever since, I devote at least one hour of my day to looking, trying, and evolving my craft trying to unravel those many connections.

Walter Inglis Anderson, Hokusai, Japanese Woodblock prints, Bosendorfers

Not represented by any galleries, haven't even talked to any gallery owners. Could it be, maybe the two are related?