Acrylic on Canvas • North Bowl Lounge

A live painting performance during an art reception at Philadelphia’s North Bowl Lounge.

I dare say that no one has ever made a significant contribution to society by choosing the best out of four possible answers.

Kristen A. Graham • Philadelphia Inquirer • February, 2007

Paints are plentiful in Todd Marrone’s modern Lower Merion classroom. Brushes? Pastels? Markers? Heavy, creamy paper? Available in abundance.

Unlike some art teachers, who struggle for resources to keep bare-bones programs afloat, Marrone and his colleagues at Welsh Valley Middle School in Narberth are lucky.

“The supplies are fabulous,” said Marrone, a Starburst-tossing, game-playing, enthusiastic teacher whose frenetic energy sometimes outstrips his students’.

But Marrone, who has been teaching art in Lower Merion for a decade, wanted his eighth-grade students to embark on an ambitious project, something that challenged their perceptions, made them think of art and of themselves in a different way. Read the rest of this entry »

I’ve become so reliant on my cellular phone’s address book, the only phone number I still have committed to memory is Jenny’s.

Acrylic on Canvas • MilkBoy Coffee

Doing my thing in front of my things while the Brian Donahue Band does theirs.

Acrylic on Canvas • Various Sizes • Private Collection

Four of a gaggle of girly paintings created for a show in early 2007.

Legitimate scientists and doctors don’t wear lab-coats on TV, liars trying to sell you something do.

Wood-grain only looks good on wood.

s 2006 comes to a close, I offer the following three nuggets of pseudo-wisdom: All creativity is creative problem solving, there’s no such thing as useless knowledge and it’s near impossible to tickle your way out of getting a ticket.

Anyone who buys a bookmark or a paper weight lacks ingenuity.