THE DAVYD WHALEY FOUNDATION AT TEN YEARS
“Make art, buy the art of others, help people whenever possible, and try to grow in consciousness.”
THE DAVYD WHALEY FOUNDATION COMPLETES ITS FIRST YEAR
Davyd described himself on Twitter, “Contemporary painter, husband, pet owner & joyful do-gooder.” There are ripples from the great good that Davyd did in his life and I am grateful that the Foundation will continue his legacy.
MEDITATIONS ON THE LIGHT AND THE DARK
“In the last months of his life, Davyd Whaley worked on a remarkable series of paintings, which he called the Sky Series. I have pondered them in the months since his death. They reflect his fascination with light, energy, color, and the deeper reaches of space. In fact I think one might argue that he was already moving away from his connection to this planet. He was moving into the mystery; his preoccupations were no longer with the dense manifestation of matter, but with the ways in which light defines our existence, makes us see objective forms, and the true nature of our very physical presence.”
PILGRIMAGE TO BIG SUR
June 5, 2015 In December of 2013, Davyd Whaley and I drove up to Big Sur on our way to San Francisco. It’s a sparsely populated region of the central
ILLUSION AND TEMPORARY STATES OF BEING
March 15, 2015 I was in Atlanta working for the last five weeks. I just returned home a couple of days ago to a quiet house. Now that I am
EMBRACING SYNCHRONICITY
January 10, 2015 “SYNCHRONICITY was painted at my house, without any memory of painting it. It was painted with enamel house paint and oils on canvas. The title was selected
MONKEY, A PAINTING, AND CHILDREN WHO ARE DIFFERENT
December 21, 2014 Davyd Whaley remains constantly on my mind. I’ve been going through his journals, and studying his paintings to commune with him, and in the process I’ve come
DAVYD WHALEY’S BIRTHDAY 2014
December 6, 2014 Today is Davyd Whaley’s birthday. He would have been 47. The sadness I feel about his loss wraps around me every day, like a cold wind barreling
EULOGY FOR DAVYD WHALEY
October 25, 2014 Thornton Wilder wrote, “The greatest tribute to the dead is not grief but gratitude.” So first of all, I am deeply grateful to Davyd, for all that
DAVYD’S MESSENGERS
October 18, 2014 It has been three days since Davyd Whaley passed away. Above is one of his paintings, which hung in our house for a long time until he
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