Richard Kooyman
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Richard Kooyman
@richardkooyman.bsky.social
Painter in NW Lower Michigan near the shore of Lake Michigan. I make things by hand
Currently reading: Clare Carlisle's 'The Marriage Question' George Eliot

www.richardkooyman.com
www.loucksgallery.com
www.willardgallery.com
www.kimstoragegallery.com
So there is this..."Live your life as a spiritual ceremony where your relationship with unknownability and indeterminacy becomes more important than trying to fix the world into forms that can be categorized, ordered, ranked, and controlled" Vanessa Machado de Oliveira.
August 24, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Ya, ya, ya...I haven't been here in a long time so I'm one of those who complains about social media but still is using Bluesky (which I wish everyone had moved to;-(...)
But I am reassessing how to use this platform to communicate.
August 24, 2025 at 4:20 PM
From Theodor Adorno's essay 'Free Time'.
June 4, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Thank you Fiona for your kind words. I have also struggled to reconcile these two aspects of my work, but age has given me the courage to justdo my thing!
March 25, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Shown: The Art Of Almost 10" x 8" oil, 2025
March 22, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Bravo to you for exiting!
March 10, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Looks sharp!
March 10, 2025 at 10:30 AM
My friend, the artist Dana Falconberry, has an opening tonight if you find yourself in Marfa!
March 8, 2025 at 3:44 PM
We were just down the road from Hunting Island State Park and walked it's beach!
March 7, 2025 at 8:01 PM