What is making me happy? Among other things, the recent work of 3 artists. Here they are, in no particular order:

Ruth Ross

Headache   2018

Ruth Ross worked  in the publishing industry in New York City before moving to Portland in 2000. This extraordinarily versatile artist makes prints, paintings, collages, photographs and jewelry.  http://ruthrossart.com

She is one of 3 artists whose work will be included in “Beauty Untethered”, an exhibit at Gallery 114.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dr8bQxxwsro

David Hockney

May Blossom on the Roman Road   2009

Hockney’s blockbuster show at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, “Hockney/Van Gogh: The Joy of Nature”, pairs his landscapes of the Yorkshire countryside with those done by Van Gogh when he painted in southern France. In an article from the Independent, he says, “When you look at the world, there’s so much to see”. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/long_reads/vincent-van-gogh-david-hockney-exhibition-amsterdam-joy-of-nature-art-a8802441.html

Jasper Johns

Untitled   2018

The New York Times Style Magazine recently did a long interview with Johns. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/18/t-magazine/jasper-johns.html
He currently has a show at the Matthew Marks Gallery in New York and in 2020 will have 2 shows split between the Whitney and the Philadelphia Museum of Art. He is 88 years old.