Thank you Mary Flinn and Peter Acheson for so generously opening your studios to me recently. How lucky I am to have been given sneak previews to your shows opening in the next few weeks -- Mary's at Zuchner on Sept. 5 (through Sept. 11) and Peter's at Steven Harvey Fine Art Projects on Sept. 10. I will leave specific comments on the work for when I see the shows and know what exactly is in them, but suffice it to say, the art is visually very exciting. At the studio, we had intense and probing conversations discussing so many aspects of the work: how just about of it in some way or another is landscape, how it visually expressed life's energies and forces, how the choice of materials is brought into the creative process, passion, being in the moment, symbolism, content vs. subject... you name it. The art is so rich in layers of meaning and visual expression it was hard to stop talking and looking. These will be powerful shows that I know I will highly recommend visiting.