Land Speed Record

Today, I set a new record for my ride into work and so far I have gone faster everyday, I know this can't last and that at some point I will be maxed out for how fast I can go. My pace today was 18.45 mph average, my heart rate average was 142 bpm, peak 159 bpm and I know I can still push it a little harder. It was a nice cool morning so that helped as well.

I have busy day ahead as I need to ride home and then drive to Boulder for the Art opening at the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art. I am excited to see the new work and to hang out with the staff and fellow board members of the museum. Check out the info for the opening here: http://bmoca.org The show consists of three individual shows Stephen Batura a long time Denver artist who appears to bw branching out of his historical paintings which should be an interesting twist to his body of work. Barbara Shark is also showing and I am excited to see her photo inspired paintings and in the upstairs gallery is show by the Flying O.H.N.O. twins and it sounds like it is going to transport me to a new dimension of sight and sound...this is great sounding and I will let you know how it pulled off.

Also we are going the Denver MCA for the opening of Rebecca DiDomenico's new show called Pellucid which feature something liek 60,000 pieces of mica embedded with butterfly wings and colored pieces of plastic trash...I don't know what it means or what it looks like but I really like her work and I am sure to learn something everytime I see her work.

I am feeling really good about week ahead and I hoping to post photos of the paintings started this weekend.

Ride Captain Ride

I started to ride my bike to work as much as possible. I rode 6 days on my mountain bike and my hands were numb and I had to carry a backpack with my computer in it, which was very uncomfortable and hot...so I went out with the blessing and urging of my wife and bought a commuter bike: Salsa Casseroll with side bags for my stuff.

I have ridden twice this week so far and I have shattered my previous best times by almost 5 minutes. There are several hills both up and down on the 12.7 mile course and I really want to be able to do it in less than 40 minutes which would mean I need to average almost 19mph which sounds doable at some point...just not sure how soon I can ride that fast. I am excited to see how many days over the next year I can ride, through winter and summer, rain or snow or heat...I am not a mailman and even though I have run 25 marathons this sounds harder because I have to get up and ride everyday to and from work, no matter how tired or sore I am...just thinking about riding everyday is daunting to me and I am hoping that this blog will help me stick with it.

I also want to go back to the original idea of writing this blog about art stuff too...so I have 21 canvases ready to go. i have started on the first 6 and I will post pictures soon so we track the progress of them as I work each one...that's all for now.

I am excited to get back on the bike...another hot day in sunny Colorado.

Jana and Dr Joel

My wife, Jana, is going to take over this blog with a great idea...she is going to cook all the meals in the Eat to Live Cookbook by Dr, Joel Fuhrman.

Painting not writing

I am not a very fast typist by nature but that doesn't mean I am not going to give this a try. Blogging by nature seems self indulgent and all about me...but I am more curious about how my thoughts on things reconcile with those around me and through my painting.

I am never sure how much to share when decribing painting and I want people to understand where I am coming from but I always want to leave a bit for the viewer to add their aspects or interpretations or to simply enjoy the work without any explanation...So I am hoping that over teh course of the next six months to start several paintings and post their progress....with photos and commentary and then you can decide for yourself how to interprete the work and if the work is succesful based on the statements that I make about the work....

From the time I started

Painting and music drive the spirit in me and I am just a transport to those forces