Category Archives: Art

I had a dream, too. I had just come into a harvest of tea leaves. I decided that I needed to toast them before a carefully prepared fire. When it was done, it was WONDERFUL. At least to me. A … Continue reading →

I have been making Real Silk strings for Lyre and Guitar for several years. My very favorite instrument, however, has been Guqin, one of the oldest known stringed instruments. The requirements for Guqin strings are much more exacting than any … Continue reading →

I thought for quite a long time exactly what to call these things, that could perhaps more appropriately could be referred to as “dice” but I didn’t want to emphasize their possible use a divination device in themselves, but rather … Continue reading →

I have seen offered for sale a set of wooden staves marked with the 4 types of lines generated with either coins or Yarrow stalks. But the price was rather high, and with an attempt to actually purchase them, found … Continue reading →

One of the reasons we typically consult an objective source for our practices of divination is the ease with which our personal ego can often enter into our interpretation. We use a specific discipline and set of tools to avoid … Continue reading →

I created a page on my website where the results of my bookpaper stencils can be seen, but I thought I would go into my process of creating finished work in this series. ?My previous work with graphite and grease … Continue reading →

It’s not easy to describe how many decisions have to be made before I feel like I’ve done anything good with the beautiful wood I find.  The wave action on the surface and the total transformation of the structure of the wood … Continue reading →

My approach to sculpture is inevitably connected to my pottery and claywork of the 70’s.  What I always admire in clay is the close relationship between the local terrain (under the ground is always some kind of clay) and the … Continue reading →

I’m reminded of some conversations I’ve had with people in the framing industry. The conversation goes “I don’t like abstract art.” says the guy (a sort of carpenter, specializing in art presentation furniture) He is making 200 frames for the … Continue reading →

It has been recently observed that there are no completely objective ways to judge the exactitude of art. Much of Science, too, is an art that begins with observation colored by certain personal factors that are not as objective as … Continue reading →

This is a pyrographic drawing with colored dyes done in the style I have been developing for many years I refer sometimes as “taichi” drawings as the movements of the line are based on my visceral sense of push/pull as … Continue reading →

Always intend to show what I am thinking about. This is one of a series that can be seen on my website; http://lpkaster.com/encaustic.html The circles are drawn with a soft graphite over the brushwork, a contrapuntally different way of making … Continue reading →

In May I started to take photographs of White Rock Lake after a discussion with Martha about how the lake will have a centennial anniversary next year.  I created quite a number of digital images to print out on cards, … Continue reading →

I am working on a new CD.  Since last November I have been inspired on many levels.  Someone suggested I work on more music with a specific theme, so the result is a suite of four pieces based on the … Continue reading →

A page of Koi paintings from the early ’70s until the late ’80s is being prepared for those who are interested in this period of my work. I am not saying I will never paint another Koi painting, just not … Continue reading →

I’ve been working on music as much as possible, between painting commisssions and an intense load of picture-framing. My PAiA Theremax is an excellent instrument after Scott took some time to look it over and find some simple errors I … Continue reading →

I finally have something worth showing of my Theremin Project. Check it out- it is photographed in front of a big painting I’m working on for an individual in North Dallas. I like heterodyning between bouts of painting, I feel … Continue reading →

I have finally set up a site to view these images at http://www.lpkaster.com/Stereobox1.html I am working on the prices and putting in the tags to go to Paypal.  There are a great many more images that can be handled in this … Continue reading →

I’m preparing a page of Crop Circle stereograms, titled “Cerealogy”. I may offer the images printed in 11″ square format mounted to boxes or framed in one or two profiles.  The oldest reference to a crop circle is a medieval woodcut … Continue reading →

When I looked for stereograms to add to a collage today, I pulled some prints from a couple of years ago. I gave them a long “look” and realized again just how much I really like what they do. One … Continue reading →

I was thinking back to when it was that I realized I wanted to be a potter, and how all that changed in 1976 at the Kimbell Art Museum in Ft. Worth. It was an encounter that truly changed my … Continue reading →

What I mean by “reduced” to teaching, is that it has always been clear to me that my teachers would have been just as happy to stay in their own studios and work, but of course they needed a salary. … Continue reading →

I have compiled a list of the colors predicted to be most popular this year. One might scoff and declare that this doesn’t matter very much, but in the professional art marker it is vital. The purist in art trained … Continue reading →

I don’t know why, we just felt compelled to give a good account of the whole pottery aspect of my career. I also have other areas that are not represented yet, but in time they might come out. Selling pottery … Continue reading →

I just reviewed some CDs to find images for the years 2003-006 and found some images taken from my videotape of the Iraq anti-war demonstrations just prior to the invasion. I wonder if I need to wait until we withdraw … Continue reading →