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STUDIO FOUR MAGAZINE - Winter Edition

A new STUDIO FOUR MAGAZINE is available at www.studiofour.com This Edition includes: Wanderings, City Moments, Desert High, Elegant Shoppers and Recent Paintings.

HOTEL LOBBY NOTES

“Know first who you are, and then adorn yourself accordingly.” Epictetus

I observed them from the lobby of my hotel. They were suited and shined, but not themselves…out they went into the world. Wrinkled and dented, they returned at Five O’clock. Thirty minutes later, emerging again in clothes and life as themselves…

MONDAYS

SENATE BENGHAZI HEARINGS - "Just so much talk"

COLORS

AFTER THE PARTY THOUGHTS

THE BLUE LADDER

WINDOW STUDY 7

Windows are small views into other worlds…

LEAP OF FAITH

                                                                                      dy '15                 

                             

UNSPOKEN WORDS

"An artist paints so the painting can say things they cannot..." Allen Reamer

LAMAR ROAD DREAMS

Small corners in the desert often look commonplace, just desert rabble.  Their dreams passed long ago, only shadows remaining.  Then you spot a bright car, against the fence. You turn your head west to a beckoning desert road and dream again…

NEW SHOPPING TREND

After the Stock Market results this year, a major new shopping center is emerging....

MCDONALDS NOTES

McDonalds Notes

My psychologist suggested I get more involved in life. I drove around the city the next day trying to grasp the concept, looking both right and left, not just down the road. Hungry, I stopped at a McDonalds, sitting at a table with my bacon and egg something. Life began to unfold. A group of elderly men sat in front of me, about 5 of them. They seemed settled with life, chatting about whatever old people do. There was one empty chair. Each time the door to the restaurant opened, they all turned and looked. A member of the flock was missing.

In the far corner of the restaurant, a woman with long legs, young, and in-shape sat. Three uncontrollable children swirled about her. Like an orchestra leader, she somehow kept them partially in place. I noticed a star tattoo on her leg and when she bent toward one of the children to wipe off his mouth, another tattoo on her back. I wondered if she had got all the things she wanted in life or if there was still wildness there.

A middle-aged man sat a few chairs up from her, his remaining hair swept back. He moved his hand over his forehead and back through his hair. He looked interesting except for the Wal-Mart shirt with the pictures of collectible cars on it. His burger sat in front of him half eaten. He was worried about something. Maybe like I, he wondered where he left the rest of life.

David Young

AWAY FROM THE BRIGHT LIGHTS

INTO THE DESERT NIGHT

Into a Desert Night from David Young on Vimeo.

ANOTHER DAY AT THE SHOP

                              From the "Small Buildings" series  SFM ©  www.studiofour.com

BEAUTY LEFT ALONE

“Whenever we witness art in a building, we are aware of an energy contained in it.” Arthur Ericson

You can sometimes feel the many chapters a small building has lived. Some now left alone but still beautiful in their own way….

From the "Small Building Series" - SFM ©