Scott Cahaly's Journal

2011-12-11T09:13:00.000-08:00

The thousand pound block of "pure" white Italian Carrara marble arrived the other day. The delivery into my loading dock wasn't without stress full moments but it is now safe and sound in my carving studio.. -Scott.

Artccupy (Live Painting in Boston's Dewey sq!)

2011-10-18T08:19:00.000-07:00

P.credit Liz Vequist

On Saturday October 15th artist Scott Cahaly brought his travel easel, canvas and acrylic paints into Occupy Boston! Since the beginning of the movement his drawing pad has been flooded with all the imagery that has been trickling down over the world wide web. Political, economical, symbols of piece and protest have been brewing in his creative mind. "With all this excitement going on, it has been a little hard to stay in my Somerville studio and paint" said Scott Cahaly
While walking back with a friend from the Columbus Day occupy march Scott said it would be worthwhile to do "live painting" in Dewey sq. The artist arrived there last Saturday and set up around 1:30 in the blustery wind and sun. "It was not easy, the painting and supplies kept blowing away and at one point during a passing rain storm a person saw me getting wet and gave me shelter from the storm with his protest sign!" These windy conditions marked an unknown collaboration in the piece because it blew a ripped in half one dollar bill right into his materials. "At this point I just stuck the ripped currency onto the middle of the painting, cause it is pretty much the reason why we are all here anyway...." "The painting created itself at this point, a giant peace symbol showed up with an image of the earth behind it and American flag below, with Bank of America Logo." The Wall Street Bull head showed up at the top of the peace symbol with a printed picture of the artist marching the week before holding up a sign referring to the dollar that said "your boss is watching."
There is nothing like the winds of change to inspire creativity, you can catch Scott Cahaly and other painters "artccupying" some sidewalk in Dewey sq. several days a week and making spontaneous paintings....

"Bust of Life"

2011-09-16T20:14:00.000-07:00

This sculpture that I carved about thirteen years ago is about to leave the studio. It is a piece of Vermont Marble I got my hands on while carving stone at the Vermont Marble exhibit in the late 90's. It is about 23 inches high and 8 inches wide. I named it "Bust of Life" because ancient figural representations carved from the waist up were referred to as "busts" back in the Greco/Roman/Renaissance days. I added the "Life" part cause I see it as a very optimistic face and torso. Somebody was very interested at open studios 11 last spring and is about to come and take it home. It is always good when a piece of heavy rock's time has come to fly Z nest........... :)

SWID Festival Sculpture Installation.

2011-07-23T07:12:00.000-07:00

I started and completed this found object sculpture installation at a festival I attended on fourth of July weekend in Central MA. The whole piece was a tribute to an artist friend of mine who died mysteriously on the west coast while trying to sell his paintings. It reminds me of a mix between an "Easter Island" head feel and a "Burning Man" feel. I am interested in doing more large scale projects like this in outdoor settings.... -Scott.

Live Painting....

2011-06-27T18:27:00.001-07:00

I was asked several weeks ago if I would do "Live Painting" during a Wine and Food tasting party in Cambridge at the Sonesta hotel, I said yes... There were five painters there making live art and we had between three and four hours to complete a painting. I was a little stressed out for the first hour and a half while I executed a pretty (fail-listic) looking painting. I wasn't happy with it at all and started questioning whether or not I knew what I was doing. As I have done many times in my studio, I turned the canvas Vertical, and looked for a way in, a new possible form emerging and found one... "Wine Taster" acrylic on canvas emerged in front of over fifty people and was a good learning and remembering experience for me about my own creative process....

Somerville Open Studios April 30 & May 1

2011-04-08T18:38:00.000-07:00

Albert Einstein once said, “Creativity is contagious. Pass it on.” On April 30 & May 1, that is exactly what the Somerville art community plans to do. It’s a weekend of epic proportions where artists open their doors to the art-loving public. Breaking our own record this year with 391 participants, Somerville Open Studios has become the largest one weekend open studios event in the nation. From home studios to commercial buildin...gs such as Joy Street, Central Street, Vernon Street, Mad Oyster, Brickbottom, Miller Street, and Mud at Studios, this FREE citywide event showcases both the established and emerging artists working across a broad spectrum of fine art styles and craft – painting, sculpture, photography, fiber, jewelry, clay, glass and furniture – anything you might want to explore is here in the ‘Ville.

This abundant array of artists both educates the public and raises awareness of the vast cultural diversity within the city. Examples of skill sharing can be found through a variety of workshops and classes (welding
to kayak-making) available at the Artisan’s Asylum and private studios. With the help of participating SOS members, students at the Winter Hill School learn to express themselves through art and understand what it
means to be a professional artist. Parts and Crafts has started a new program based on Community Supported Education very similar to a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) providing art and science
projects to children during school vacations.

My studio is at The Mad Oyster Building
2 Bradley st. Somerville MA

For more info visit the Somerville Open Studios website
www.somervilleopenstudios.org

Bristol Community College NESA show I'm in..

2011-03-04T10:24:00.000-08:00

Inside/Out Gallery. Davis. Sq Somerville...

2011-02-18T10:51:00.000-08:00

Art Show in Davis sq. Somerville Windows attached to CVS, sponsored by The Somerville Arts Council. Show runs through the beginning of march...

Change Makers Ball. Painting donated and sold!

2010-12-03T16:43:00.000-08:00

What is the Change Maker's Ball?

Every year, Self Help Africa recognizes and celebrates the change that we see among the communities with whom we work.

Each year, tens of thousands more people will start a small business, have more than enough produce to eat and sell, introduce a new income to their homes, educate their children and expand their horizons because of Self Help Africa’s work in four key areas: food security, developing entrepreneurs, women and climate change.

Self Help Africa believes that working with communities in these four areas is the only lasting solution to breaking the cycle of poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa.

All funds raised at our Change-Makers Ball will go straight to supporting people – women, men, families and communities so that they have the tools and knowledge to be able to lift themselves out of poverty.

We aim to recognize four individuals who have put their names and support behind each cause to help to blaze a path to change for Africa. These are Self Help Africa’s Ambassadors for Change.

Our black tie event will showcase the four areas that we work in, and recognize our ambassadors for helping to bring change to the lives of so many.

Join us at the Ambassador’s for Change Ball to understand how we are working with communities in Africa to empower people to change their own lives, and how you can be a part of that change.

Margaret Brennan, a business reporter and host of Bloomberg TV’s “InBusiness with Margaret Brennan,” will act as master of ceremonies for the evening, which is sponsored by Digicel and includes a champagne and cocktail reception, gourmet dinner, live and silent auctions, and dancing to live music. The expected 400+ crowd of guests will be luminaries from the worlds of international business, finance, sports, diplomacy, publishing, philanthropy and development.

To toast the celebration, guests will have the chance to sip a signature Change-Maker's Cocktail, created especially for the night by two top tastemakers: World-renowned Chef Nils Norén is the former Executive Chef of Aquavit and now the Vice President of Culinary and Pastry Arts at New York’s French Culinary Institute and the Italian Culinary Academy, and he was a 2009 competitor on Bravo’s “Top Chef Masters”; Norén will joined by his colleague, Dave Arnold, the Technology Director at the French Culinary Institute and an expert on high-tech cocktails. Together, the talented duo will prepare both alcoholic and non-alcoholic versions of their original cocktail blend.

Another highlight of the ball will be when Patrick Tully of PR/PR (Player Relations/Public Relations) takes the stage to lead a live auction featuring an array of exclusive international trips, unique experiences, sporting event tickets, golf outings, luxury products and more.

To showcase Self Help Africa’s four key focus areas – improving food security, helping farmers cope with climate change, developing entrepreneurs and investing in women’s start-up businesses – the Change-Maker’s Ball will honor four Ambassadors for Change, individuals who have put their names and support behind each cause.

The 2010 Self Help Africa Ambassadors for Change are:
Ambassador for Entrepreneurs: Heather James, Principal and Director of Research, Federal Street Partners, LLC.

Ambassador for Women: Ciara Smyth, Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

Ambassador for Food Security: Ronan Downs, Owner, Beckett’s Bar & Grill on New York’s historic Stone Street.

Ambassador for Climate Adaptation: Denis Hickie, Irish rugby legend and currently with Mainstream Renewable Power.

New England Sculptors Association (NESA)

2010-10-31T15:01:00.000-07:00

The New England Sculptors Association, organized in 1948 and one of the oldest sculptors associations in the United States, represents a diverse membership of nationally and regionally recognized sculptors.

NESA members work and show throughout the world, and are represented in numerous private and museum collections.

NESA, with an increasingly expanding membership, eagerly reaches out to aspiring as well as established sculptors. Its members are selected by jury and work in a variety of media.

Please view our Member Galleries and Exhibitions pages. Contact a sculptor directly from the Member Gallery, or go to the Contact link to request information about pricing information and availability of sculpture.

NESA sponsors exhibitions and lectures, and promotes the work of sculptors of all levels of experience. We encourage you to become a member. Go to the Contact link for more information.

http://www.nesculptors.com

SWID!

2010-06-22T12:07:00.000-07:00

I will be showing artwork here on the fourth of July weekend!
For more info... http://www.heartbeatcollective.org/front

Somerville Open Studios May 1-2, noon - 6pm

2010-04-21T05:32:00.000-07:00

Somerville Open Studios

May 1+2, 2010
Saturday + Sunday, noon - 6pm

http://www.somervilleopenstudios.org/

Hello and happy spring to everyone. It is that time again when over three hundred visual artists in Somerville throw open their doors to the public. This is my eleventh open studio.... I've been embedded in this studio for a decade making art and being an artist. I knew from my first art class in college that art was no casual thing for me! My drive to produce beautiful things has been almost in full steam this spring. I have been carving Butterflies out of stone since my return from the Tropical Mecca of Costa Rica. I always look forward to helping new and past collectors in acquiring and owning my work. On that note I have a repository of about twenty older paintings that I have priced at five-hundred dollars or less (20%) off and as always during open studios I honor a (10%) discount on all works purchased throughout the event! This will be the first year I will also be opening up my little carving studio across the hall so people can get a feel for my carving! process! I do hope you can find a little time in your busy spring weekend to see some of my art.

I hope this note finds you well and the sun shining above you.....

Very Satisfying Photo Shoot.

2010-04-05T18:23:00.000-07:00

photo credit: Peter Paradise

I just recently had a photographer over to the studio named Peter Paradise! I have been a big fan of his work for years. So much so that I maid a painting after one of his portraits of a Belly Dancer named Sara Wood! Peter has been a guy I see at community gatherings all the time and has a great rep. as a photographer of local musicians, dancers and hoopers.
His work is very clean and very distinctive. He actually told me during the shoot that he hopes people won't like twenty percent of the work he does, this really caught me off guard.
Peter arrived around three and it was a clear sunny day and the sun was shining bright in my studio as he detected with his light meter!
I am still amazed by the way he brought me out of my familiar facial expressions and set a tone for the kind of pictures he wanted to take. He told me to stop frowning and exude confidence which I think I did in the end! I really appreciate the way he took the image of me that I see all the time and changed it into the image he saw with his camera. I just wanted to take time to post some of the pics here as they are quite good.............

Pura-Vida, Costa Rica

2010-03-13T18:22:00.000-08:00

It has now been several weeks since my return from the land of infinite paradise, Costa Rica. I wish I could sum up in feelings and sensations the way I still feel because of this land I visited for fifteen days including my birthday. Since I am blogging I will try to do some justice with words. Paradise, faith, the reward of trusting in self, just to name a few..... To have gotten out of the US and to a new country for the first time in twelve years is EXACTLY what I needed! It took so much emotional, psychic and physical inertia for me to take this trip, I still can't believe it did it. The land itself is like Jurassic park without the dinosaurs. As you are flying into the airport you fly right next to a volcano and arrive onto a land, half mountainous and half coastal! The land itself is like VErmont, Colorado, California etc. all rolled into one!
My time was divided up between the Diamante Valley and Dominical, sea side town! Vista after vista of beautiful trees, valleys, sunsets, Trees, waterfalls not to mention some very large spiders and Scorpions. One night while using the bathroom I noticed a huge tarantula spider on the door, so I decided to go elsewhere. This time on the farm was incredible and filled with friends from back home and new friends. After a week here we all emerged into the ocean town of Dominical. This fit me perfectly cause it was my first real taste of the culture of the country.
The locals and visitors there, which there are many as it is a big surf town have an expression "Pura Vida" Pure Life which they say and almost wish to each other as they walk down the street! It was in the recognition of this custom that I totally understood and begin to wake up to the blissfull feeling of life these people live each and every day. It was like being born again in the joy that is "Pura Vida." Not that life is not pure everywhere, but in this place, the set is fraught and filled with characteristics of paradise like the temperature, and it was hot, to the sunsets, ocean waves, puffy clouds and all the trappings of the tropics. One of my favorites was the cold coconuts chopped with a large knife and drunk using a straw! I also had the pleasure to experience many "vortexes" while on the coast. Beaches of such beauty and magnetic power, I felt them lifting my own vibratory energy field. On my birthday four of us hired a taxi to take us to a special beach "las Ventanas" the windows. Upon arrival to the beach our friend Jake scaled one of the many coconut trees there and cut down fifteen coconuts from which we drank from the rest of the afternoon into the sunset. They actually put a candle in one and sang me happy birthday. It was the best Birthday ever! We explored to caves within a cliff from which the ocean was whipping into and making a frightening noise. In no other beach in my life have I ever felt such raw power and mystery. We stayed for the amazing Pacific sunset and quickly got off the beach and back to the taxi before it got to dark! IT's funny, this whole day was so amazing and went past in the blink of an eye, like I knew it would.
I'm still sitting with the lessons and beauties I learned from this incredible place. I also think I re-met myself, a part of myself I had forgotten about not having taken a trip like this in so long. I know this was the first of many and hope to journey to Peru next to check out Machu Pichu and some of the other temple sights. My trip to Costa Rica taught me how to really trust in myself and the universe......................

Blackest Light

2009-10-24T12:45:00.000-07:00

BLACKEST LIGHT

the multi-media art of scott cahaly

October 15 – November 30

Artist Reception: Friday November 20, 2009, 6-8 pm

Munroe Center for the Arts

1403 Massachusetts Avenue

Lexington MA 02420

781-862-6040

Scott Cahaly: “I am a Lexington native who never made any art until I entered the University of Vermont. As a student there in the mid-nineties, I saw a Picasso exhibit at UVM’s Fleming Museum. This is my earliest memory about art. I just kept going back to that show over and over again, absorbing its artistic inspiration and energy. Today, my modest hope for Blackest Light is that an Art Span student finds his or her way into the gallery, sits on the bench or relaxes on the floor, and absorbs some of the creative energy that I’ve poured into these works in stone, paint, charcoal, and photograph.

"I am both a sculptor and a painter. Even when I paint, I feel that I am dealing with sculptural form. When I tone down color and allow it to fade to black, I’m left alone with form and space, whether I’m working in two dimensions or three. I begin each new work with an open mind and a hopeful heart; no piece is ever planned at the outset.

"Blackest Light is an intimate show that includes work from my earliest art-making days to the present. The common thread among these pieces is their darkness. Yet within each of these dark works, there is light. In some cases, the light is literal, represented by lighter paints. In other cases, the light is provided “off-stage” by the flash of the camera, or is expressed only metaphorically within the content of the piece.

"Two charcoal drawings date back to the mid-nineties and have never before been exhibited; even then, when I was just starting to make art, I took charcoal to white paper and carved away the white space to create figures. At the time, this process was utterly mysterious and completely inspiring to me; I had no conscious idea of where this visual information was coming from. These pieces, although primitive, are filled with visionary figures that emerged unbidden out of my creative subconscious, foreshadowing the reductive process and imagery that were to become hallmarks of the next thirteen years of my sculpture and painting. Lastly, the show also includes a Paul Weiner photograph, taken using a flash in my Somerville studio, of me and a large marble statue I carved by hand from a 5000 pound block of marble .

“I am very pleased with the way this show emerged, and am most grateful to the Munroe Center for hosting it.”

NESA Transportation Building Show Exhibition Announcement

2009-08-18T08:50:00.000-07:00

Vipassana Retreat

2009-07-06T08:26:00.000-07:00

I planted my Dharma seed deep into fertile Vipassana soil. A ten day silent retreat and almost a hundred hours of sitting meditation. Equanimity and Attention my wings, mindfully soaring into and releasing some deep rooted, extraneous patterns. Very grateful for this ~Crystalline~ chapter in the big book of my life. Please contact me with any questions about this empowering process.

Mill Brook Gallery & Sculpture Garden

2009-06-20T11:53:00.000-07:00

12TH ANNUAL INVITATIONAL OUTDOOR SCULPTURE EXHIBIT
June 21st-October
Reception: Saturday, June 27th 2-4 (rain or shine)

Michael Alfano, David Borrus, SCOTT CAHALY, Jeffrey Cooper Barbara Danser, Murray Dewart, Zach Gabbard, Dorothy Garlo, Gints Grinsbergs, Michael Guadagno, Peter DeCamp Haines, Al Jaeger, Wendy Klemperer, John Lacz, Rob Lorenson, Madeleine Lord, Andy Moerlein, Joseph Montroy, James Rappa, Kim Rachodia, Joy Raskin, Derek Riley, Karl Saltier, Antioinette Prien, Bob Shannahan, Joseph Wheelright, John Widman, Joe Wheaton, Jere Williams

-Music by Sylvia Miskoe and Bruce Cobb

236 Hopkington Road Concord, NH 03301
Tuesday - Sunday: 11-5, and by appointment
themillbrookgallery.com

WBUR Radio Interview on Bartering.

2009-06-04T08:28:00.000-07:00

This radio piece has to do with the way I have been bartering a little lately.
Click on link to learn and hear more,

http://www.wbur.org/2009/06/04/bartering

Open Studios Weekend, May 09

2009-05-08T10:39:00.001-07:00

2009 Spring/Summer art shows.

2009-03-30T13:52:00.000-07:00

"Ganesha Protector of Boundaries and Bringer of Abundance" 2009

Scott Cahaly is a Boston based artist(stone sculptor/painter)who was raised in Lexington MA. He portrays stylized figural and abstracted forms, bringing a sense of fluidity yet power to his art. His artistic inspiration is largely drawn from nature,spirit and the unknown. He never made any art until he was twenty-one years old! He received his Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Vermont, teaches art at the Decordova Art Museum and regularly exhibits his artwork in Boston, Rhode Island and New York City. Scott is currently represented by Diamond/Newman Fine arts in Boston. His work will be included in a half dozen group shows this spring and summer. For more information please see http://www.cahaly.net

* ARMORY ART START
Armory Center for the Arts
191 Highland Avenue, Somerville, MA
Friday, April 3, 5 PM - 7 PM (Opening and dedication of Center!)
April 3 to April 24, 2009
http://www.artsatthearmory.com/

* ROBOT DEMOGRAPHICS
Out of the Blue Gallery,
106 Prospect St.
An exhibition of painting and sculpture occupying our imaginations inspired by
an emerging population.
Opening reception on Saturday, April 25th from 4:00 - 7:00 PM.
(Cambridge Science Festival) http://cambridgesciencefestival.org/Home.aspx

* SOMERVILLE OPEN STUDIOS
2 Bradley st.(Mad Oyster Studios)
Somerville MA 02145
May 2 + 3, 2009 Saturday + Sunday, noon - 6pm
http://www.somervilleopenstudios.org/

* ARTISTS CHOICE EXHIBITION
The Somerville Museum
1 Westwood Rd
Somerville, MA 02143
April 17 through May 15 at
Opening Reception Thursday April 16, 6 - 9 pm

* SOUTH END ART WALK
560 Harrison ave.
Boston, MA
May 16 + 17 Saturday + Sunday, eleven - 6pm
http://www.sowaartwalk.com/

* MILL BROOK GALLERY AND SCULPTURE PARK
Invitational Outdoor Sculpture Exhibit
236 Hopkinton Road, Concord, NH 03301
June 21st - Oct 18th:
Artists’ Reception: “Champagne and Music Reception” Sunday, June 21st 2-4 pm
http://www.themillbrookgallery.com

Change is Good by Jeff Haynes

2008-08-05T08:13:00.000-07:00

Lots of people change majors in college.

But rarely is the change of the magnitude lived by Somerville artist Scott Cahaly. When he started out as a biology major, Scott was in a dark place. Caught in the grip of depression, he managed to find some relief from an unexpected source: an art course taken to satisfy curriculum requirements.

What started as a form of therapy evolved into an entirely new direction for Scott. He described the experience as “opening a valve” that taps straight into his creativity. And now “it’s my job to let it well up from inside,” he said.

The change was so profound that metamorphosis remains a common theme in his work. One of his favorite quotes is, “What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the master calls a butterfly,” by Richard Bach.

By the time he left the University of Vermont, he had already had his first one-man show. Some of those pieces decorate the halls outside the studio where he has been for the past several years. The colors in his paintings are bold and vibrant, with a style that emulates stained glass windows or a form of mosaic. As both a sculptor and a painter, Scott said he conceptualizes all of his projects as three dimensional. As a result, the subjects in his paintings -- however abstract -- have crisp and well defined edges.

Scott draws inspiration from historical greats, such as Pablo Picasso and Michelangelo, as well as whatever is going on in his own life, he said. That includes everything from travels to relationships to adventures on his brand new bike.

And he is not one to meticulously map out every inch of the canvas before he begins.

“Each piece has its own spirit and destination,” Scott said. “It always just takes me. I never know what I’m getting into.”

Preparing himself for work typically means first allowing for a period of quiet meditation. That helps Scott avoid “over thinking” the work, so he can “go with how it feels” instead, he said.

“It’s a process of getting out of the way,” Scott said. “It’s so easy to get away from a creative path.”

HIS FIRST TIME

Scott was only 9 years old, and had been watching his older brother make paper airplanes. He learned a particularly successful design, and proceeded to make over a dozen of them.

“It was the first time I could feel my hands going to work,” he said. Scott took the finished planes to school to share with his friends -- a move that provided nearly instant and positive feedback on his work.

HIS WORST TIME

During his high school years, Scott had a sketch pad he used to illustrate comic book characters. The fun of the experience led him to consider taking a class to explore art further.

One of his friends, however, squashed that idea. After Scott showed his drawings to the friend, the friend replied, “Those aren’t good. You won’t be happy in art class.”

-story and photo by Jeff Haynes http://web.mac.com/jeffhaynes

Prayer for Gold.

2008-06-28T19:36:00.000-07:00

I am calm and centered. I gather my energy within me, and it fills me with a golden glow. I open my connection to my higher self and feel the deep intention that lies there. I bring that intention down and into me, so that I am filled with who I am..

I feel my own power burning within me, calm and true, resolved and purposeful. I am strong and capable and can accomplish whatever I choose to do. I am relaxed and deeply aware and open to the wonderful new information and opportunities that flow to me minute by minute. I am power. I am peace. I am a deep connection to all that is... I am! -Lightworkers

Open Studios, May 3-4

2008-04-23T06:32:00.000-07:00

Happy Spring.

The wheel has turned and light has returned. Please come visit our vast artistic community here in Slumerville USA and enjoy the diversity of artwork by hundreds of creative people.
I am still in the Mad Oyster building at 2 Bradley st. #16 on maps
Along with my stone work, paintings, plants, fish etc. I will be playing my didgeridoo intermittently throughout the weekend.
*This event is kid friendly, animal friendly and collector friendly.
-peace, ScOtT

Saturday-Sunday, May 3-4, noon-6pm each day,
Mad Oyster Building
2 Bradley st.
Somerville MA 02145
http://www.somervilleopenstudios.org
-781-258-9530

Happy New Year

2008-01-05T19:05:00.000-08:00

Hello and happy new year. Things seem to moving well here in the world of the art! 2007 ended on a strong point with the birth of a new sculpture called "Birds of a Feather" see sculpture page. I'm really glad I decided to drive to NYC for Halloween for alot of reasons but specifically cause I purchased several pieces of beautiful stone from the stone dealer there! I had a great year of painting but like most years I was missing my three dimensional side and as of November I believe, I put down my brushes for the near future and picked up my chisels. Work has been leaving my studio at an alarming rate lately and it seems really strange to have open wall space. I think a side of me wants to keep all the work I produce. I'm starting to see how deeply I am into my own world, its been over ten years now of serious art making and I feel it just keeps getting more serious! 07 closed out with a handful of decent group shows, including several in NYC, 08 is starting with an excellent group show called "Surrealism: Echos of Past and Present"
January 4 - February 29, 2008 @ Diamond/Newman fine art in the South End http://www.diamond-newman.com/current_show.html. The show went up, this past first week of the New Year and it looks great. I feel my recent paintings being exhibited there energize the space, there are four other artists showing as well. There are two planned openings as the show is up for two month. I like this because I feel that a typical month show isn't always enough time. Last night at the first opening many people were looking in a trance at the works, specifically "the heart of cosmic yoga" and "American Breakfast, Global Warming Style" ITS SO NICE TO SEE WORK UP IN A GOOD VENUE AFTER SPENDING COUNTLESS HOURS, MONTHS AND YEARS ALONE PRODUCING IT! I am happy I'm feeling inspired as always and have a new huge stone to carve, who knows what it will be, I'll let you know...................

Newspaper Article

2007-08-27T10:41:00.000-07:00

Somerville Journal
Consumed by creativity
Local artist paints, sculpts, teaches and sells art
By Ryan Rose Weaver

photo by Zara Tzanev

Scott Cahaly, a sculptor and painter in Somerville, sat down at his
computer last month to write a letter to his friends. “As fate and my
bank account would have it, I have recently been taking on commissioned
work. If you’d be interested in a representational portrait in my style
of you or someone you know, please contact me.” Since then, Cahaly has
received two commissions, projects he gladly embraces as a means to a
full-time career as an artist. He’s been working toward this ideal for
the last 10 years. Cahaly has not always been an artist. He received a
revelation 10 years ago, he said, while meditating near the University of
Vermont at Burlington, where he was struggling with a major in English,
his second since coming to college. A voice spoke to him and told him he
should become an artist instead, and since then he has pursued this aim
single-mindedly. One of Cahaly’s earliest projects nearly consumed
him. After acquiring a 5,000-pound stone from a quarry in Vermont, Cahaly
dreamed of the sculpture inside, fully formed, a valley-shaped piece with
a woman’s face quizzically tilted sideways on one side, stocky limbs
grace-fully jumbled on the other side. He spent three years bringing the
design to life, then named it “New Nazca Stone” after the enigmatic,
ancient lines carved in the sands of southern Peru. Years later, the
piece still sits in his studio, still waiting for its patron to come. It
still weighs a hefty 2,500 pounds. When searching for a studio, Cahaly
said, he finally settled on the Mad Oyster Building on “the other side
of the tracks” in Somerville because his space, formerly a storage area
for heavy telephone company equipment had reinforced floors. The last
thing he needed after years of carving and carting the huge sculpture
around, he said, was to see it crash through the floor-boards. While
Cahaly’s computer now allows him to keep in touch with past and
prospective patrons who help him keep his dream afloat, technology is also
partly to blame for the slowed pace with which Cahaly’s career has
gathered momentum. The end of the millennium was not kind to nascent
artists like Cahaly: the dot-com boom, during which art sales rose with
stratospheric tech salaries, had disappeared by the time Cahaly began his
craft. “I started in quicksand, and I’m only now coming to dry
land,” Cahaly said. Many artists are finding their way to his
particular strip of dry land, on the corner of Pearl and Bradley streets
near Union Square. Near the Mad Oyster building is the older Brick Bottom
studio building, and like other waves of Somerville immigrants before it,
this budding artist’ community is growing as one member helps another
get hip to a good opportunity. “It’s becoming the new Cambridge,”
Cahaly said, then lowers his voice, as if revealing a secret. “But
don’t tell anyone that.” The stark intersection, which lies far from
any T-stop on a dark, littered street, may not yet be fertile ground for
luxury condos. But inside Cahaly’s studio is another story. At night,
it is lit from within by a riot of lamps, strewn with worn sofas, and
covered top to bottom in enormous paintings exploding with color. “New
Nazca Stone” sits squarely in the center, dwarfing a small meditation
altar that balances against one large industrial pillar. Smaller
sculptures, each about a foot square, are lined up like sentinels around
its perimeter. These pieces are more recent, and more sophisticated,
seemingly carved by water instead of Cahaly’s hand, marked only
subversive natural features left rough that hint at the human anatomy.
Cahaly describes his art as “just something that comes out of me,” but
the result is expertly composed, with deliberate color choices done by the
book. Not everyone wants to own, say, an elephant skull made of duct tape
(like a work recently displayed in the South End) but Cahaly’s work is
eminently consumer- and viewer-friendly. His paintings evoke familiar
icons such as hearts, spirals and Picasso–esque human figures; his
sculptures almost beg to be touched, and are small and sturdy enough to be
carried or placed on a coffee table. Both make an easy and instant
connection with audiences of all stripes; this is not likely lost on the
many galleries who have hosted his work in recent years. Cahaly now has
a regular stone sculpture teaching gig at the DeCordova Museum in Lincoln,
and maintains a healthy schedule of gallery showings in well-regarded
Boston and New York venues. Yet so far, it is the community-based
Somerville Open Studios event that seems to have created many of
Cahaly’s sales leads, including the e-mail list he used recently to call
for commissions. One of Cahaly’s first collectors was John Coulter, who
lives a stone’s throw away in Union Square. An independent carpenter and
composer, Coulter purchased two of Cahaly’s early paintings, and said
his relationship to Cahaly is one of fellow artist rather then patron.
“Renovation (of a house) is very much a work of art. The tile mosaics,
the colors, the Feng Shui of it… I’m aligned with that energy, what
painters are doing,” Coulter said “(But my) music is eternally in the
ether, so it’s good to own something like sculpture or painting. I
wanted to connect and have something real.” Lori Falzarano, a real
estate agent, purchased of Cahaly’s paintings this year. She frequently
travels from her home in New Hampshire to see shows in Boston, and always
tries to make time to see Cahaly during open studios. “Scott and I
have become pretty good friends because of his art,” she says. “I
can’t afford the sculpture, but I really love (the piece) that’s in my
living room. I love the colors- it’s almost like stained glass.”
Cahaly is still continuing to search beyond Somerville for customers who
can buy his larger and more expensive pieces. Until then, he is cobbling
together small side projects to make rent, like his portrait project,
which Cahaly sees as “a nice balance” between bread-winning necessity
and structured creativity. His process is to take a .jpg of his subject,
sketch out the basic lines of their facial features, then color within the
lines as he likes. “If someone started nitpicking about the way I do it,
I’d just say “forget it,” said Cahaly. “I need to have that
creativity.” It’s difficult to imagine telling the strong-jawed
artist, whose manner is deliberate and firm, what to do with his art.
After all, a muse who requires its subject to change majors, change
addresses, and sacrifice three years in the name of one sculpture is
perhaps not a muse moved by rent checks alone. But for his collectors,
this sense of something that is not always malleable, tangible or even
conscious is precisely the selling point.

“His stuff is very refreshing to look at. He’s in touch with that
inner creative child. It touches something in you, because that’s where
creativity seems to be, before we get bogged down in life,” said
Coulter. “But his mastery of form and shape and colors keeps you engaged
as an aesthetically evolved adult.” -August 16-22, 2007
www.somervillejournal.com

Aorta Energy Data

2007-07-03T10:30:00.000-07:00

Hello to anyone reading this blog. I have not blogged here in awhile, the blog has kind of sat like soil under the frozen snow. Now its time to thaw it out. Alot of beautiful growth is happening within me, created through emotional pain but ultimately channeled into a new artistic direction. Tomorrow is the fourth of July and I am here in my studio painting my head off. I just started doing yoga again in the last two weeks which has allowed me access to more personal power. I really like how yoga allows the chakras to opened up and for more energy to flood in, I still feel great from it today and hope to be doing Yoga classes at least twice a week. It is an intention I want to stick.
I just finished a large painting which may or may not mark a new direction. My attempt with this one was to take familiar imagery and painting symbols and attach them in a much more loose way. This spring I did an awful lot of realistic work, portraits, religious scenes, commissioned work etc. I love this type of work but it is to clear what it is. Something about abstraction , its almost like realism on a level of perception we as humans don't have. Kind of like a big mystery. There are alot of hearts in this new painting, hurting hearts, protected hearts, and bursting love filled hearts. The universe can certainly serve up a hard dish of disappointment in this life and its good and important to protect the heart, give it time to heal and ultimately let is burst forth with new loving energy. There are also abstract images throughout the painting, including colorful serpents birds, eyes but for the most part, the painting is a color/information explosion which isn't supposed to come off as to rigid. Its just a beginning in a new directions of my emotions, visualisations and technique and color pouring all out over the canvas. Aorta Energy Data is kind of like an assessment of where a persons emotional stamina is at from an abstract visual perspective, like having data shown on a screen or(canvas) on any subject area. Yes, no secret, this is my Aorta Energy Data.
I am desperately missing Stone carving as I have been painting for six months now, but feel I still have to push further in this direction of new imagery to see what comes out and feel confident that the cool days of fall will be an adequate window for me to slip back into my stone carvers shoes. Namaste, ~Scott~

The American Breakfast (global warming style.)

2007-03-13T12:32:00.000-07:00

The American Breakfast (global warming style.)
0il, 36x36” 2007 Scott Cahaly

I really enjoyed this painting and worked on it diligently. I felt my foot floored on the gas petal with this one. The imagery evolved as usual, the idea of a breakfast scene on a stove top just arose. I've been enjoying breakfast lately, with great coffee beans, delicious Trader Joe's bread, eggs, etc. It seemed convenient for me to paint a quick globe as I have painted the planet oodles of times in the past two years. I just placed the earth onto a pot on the stove over hot coils. Immediately I imagined smokestacks coming out of the United States on the North American Continent with smoke billowing out all over the painting. To fill out the outer portion of the painting, the American Flag showed up, a peace dove, the twin towers and the statue of Liberty. It seemed very foreign trying to paint such realistic subjects for the first time in a long time, but knowing the painting was Manhattan bound, it somehow seemed appropriate. If you follow the flag up and around the painting it ends up or begins in the smokestacks, sort of saying that we "America" are the polluters via smoke or flag! There are alot of symbolic messages happening, the Trade Centers for one which were destroyed at breakfast time! The Statue of Liberty and her torch up in the air almost burning the American Flag. The coffee being poured into a mug on the stars and stripe is a clear reference to breakfast and politics. The toast popping up high into the painting almost mimicking the airplanes and peace dove. There is much secondary imagery happening leading the viewers eye around the composition. The red of the flag which circles around the composition is complementary contrasted by the green center breakfast scene.
This is not only a clear political statement but marks my growth as an artist after ten years of painting. This is the first work I have completed which is rooted in the world. Almost everything I have created up to this point has originated in my subconscious with either references to abstract imagery or other artists work from the past. This painting marks a new direction and philosophy for what will follow it.
This painting is going to the Protest Gallery 511 W.20th st. New York . The opening will be Saturday night the 24th of March. The show will run through the beginning of May. -Scott.

Spaghetti Monster

2007-02-27T18:38:00.001-08:00

Feeling the need to blog. Something is going on with my art, very peculiar. Its recreating itself. Seems after the new years, I went through some sort of tunnel, deeper into my vision and my subconscious then I have before. First painting back was Spaghetti Monster, inspired by a pasta dinner in Falmouth with Shannon. The figure is all colorful and is holding a fork and knife in hand literally shoveling spaghetti into his mouth. Originally I was going to name the painting, Spaghetti or Pesto, but on a chance spell check of Spaghetti on dictionary .com I was lead to a wikepedia story about the flying raelien spaghetti monster. Something about it stuck instantaneously. I just got rid of the flying part and kept the rest. Sometimes I think, the title is as important as the piece, but probably it should be a proper cherry on top of the painting sunday! The painting was finished and within a week I had med a gallery online in Manhattan in Chelsea who wanted some work for me for their current show. I had no plans on going to NYC then at my birthday dinner at the Middle East on Feb 18, my friend Elliot just randomly asked me if I wanted to go that week. He had a job interview on Thursday. On that same day, I had already received an invitation to an Andy Warhol opening at my friend Cynthia's loft on 13th st. So I said, ya lets do it, Elliot, Paul and I went. He had his interview, Paul brought his camera for the party and I dropped the painting off. The gallery I dropped the painting off at was a small little space on 24th st. across from the famous Gargosian Gallery which shows artists such as Richard Serra etc.. The gallery is set up in an organic underground sort of way with alot to see, from floor to ceiling. The owners are two artists living in the NYC area and tired of all the sterile galleries in Chelsea. They wanted to do something different with this space and they have. I left my painting there and plan to go back and get it in Mid-March, that is if it does not sell. Anyway, not to digress to long, I feel really inspired and hope to bottle this feeling and make it last. cheers, Scott

A movie and Scotch!

2007-01-11T07:52:00.000-08:00

Well here in my studio on this 27 degree night, I'm glad winter decided to show up. Being a visual artist I find the cold months extremely inspiring and usually get alot done. No big distractions outside, except for the 65 degree day on Saturday that forced me to get some sun on my face while disregarding my current Earth Painting. I have been carving stone since early spring and just went back to painting. I kind of burnt out of three-dimensional ideas in my little sculpture studio, I admit it, its fine. I have always split the year between painting and sculpting. Both mediums have a symbiotic relationship and inform the other. Check out my "Creation Sculptures" and look at "The Earth's Magnetic field" I think it was one of my better pieces I came up with this year, it will be on display at the Decordova Museum starting at the end of the month. I am in a nice little break time before my teaching starts at the Decordova in a couple of weeks. I have been busy painting and reading several books. I have been reading this Abraham Material. Abraham is a whole group of spirits that is channeled through a human medium, and her husband writes down the sessions. Its much like the Seth material, Jane Roberts channeled decades ago. Abraham is much more powerful in my opinion, they talk all about the power of attraction and not just visualizing the reality you want to create, but adding genuine emotion to it starting in the belly. The rational is that if you want something and concentrate on it you will get it. I have been pretty good with this programming lately, have even been writing notes in a journal I was given at Christmas. These phrases are so beautiful and powerful, I transfer them by pen to paper as I want to revisit them again and not just the next time I read the book. Well right now I am inbetween time which is probably why I am blogging. Yesterday was fun, spent the whole day with Shannon. We ate breakfast in a very over-priced but fun breakfast(brunch) place in the South End called the Buttery. Then we drove to a matinee(?) at the kendall theatre called "little Children" It was excellent, the perfect kendall, forget about yourlife, live vicariously through others type movie, Starring Kate Winslet, and Jennifer Connoly for those who need "eye candy" like me. Then we went to whole foods on river st. in Camb and had dinner at the salad bar. We both have a great affinity for everything about whole foods and I exclaimed over salmon pasta, that I never know where I am unless I come into this whole foods regulary. Then we did a little food shopping, grabbed a bottle of Ravenwood zinfandel and went to a friends house where we proceeded to drink the bottle along with some single malt Scotch that was provided by the hostess. I can't really rememeber drinking Scotch in the past, all I can say is I think it opened up my chakras.... Went to a really fun macrobiotic dinner party in the South End Saturday night, with good conversation and great people. Over the holidays, I think I racked ten or so dinner/parties including two hanukkah parties. Somewhere in my mind a dradle is spinning.......... Anyway, my attention span to this writing is starting to move into a new interest, so I am gonna go. Will try to write more often this year. Peace, S.

HOLIDAY OPEN STUDIO

2006-11-01T08:48:00.000-08:00

*SCOTT CAHALY'S HOLIDAY OPEN STUDIO*
Saturday November 18th 12 - 6 PM
2 Bradley st. Somerville MA 02145

-I am opening up my studio again on this November
Saturday for folks to see my recent and older works.
Come and see the "Creation/Protection Sculptures"
http://cahaly.net/gallery/creation carved in the last
Six months. Also see the "Earth Paintings from the
beginning of the
year."http://cahaly.net/gallery2/view_album.php?set_albumName=Earth-Paintings
Please find time in your busy afternoon schedule to
come out and support an local emerging artist and
maybe purchase some work. Please bring a friend and
feel free to forward this e-mail along.

Please click on video and see what awaits you!
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=995463369671320960&hl=en

cheers, *Scott

Earth's Magnetic Field Sculpture

2006-10-31T09:32:00.000-08:00

Earth's Magnetic field has emerged from that "new stone" I purchased and blogged about a little over a month ago. The carving process was very satisfying as I hadn't worked on a bigger piece in a long time. It took some time for the form to emerge out of the stone. Countless sessions, alot of stepping back from the work. Some dreams I had helped. If you click on my website cahaly.net/gallery/creation you can see all the angles of the piece. It came out like a sculpted version of my earth paintings cahaly.net/gallery2/view_album.php
The work was completed and just about finished off when I saw this great Nova episode last week about how scientists are speculating that the earths magnetic field, which keeps our atomosphere free of solar detrimental glare might be weakening. All my work recently has to do with the rejuvination and protection of the planet in physical and non-physical terms so I thought this concept might be a good title and description for the sculpture. There is literally a little carved earth on the side being held in a hand, which connects to a form spiraling upward into almost an eternity symbol connected to an angelic face in profile with hair, and coming out of the back of the hair is another hand with one finger extended out reaching out for that divine spark again which keeps appearing in all my work. In this case a divine spark needed to help the earth's magnetic field. peace, Scott.

New Stone*

2006-09-23T13:19:00.000-07:00

I finally did it. After having a huge piece of soapstone waiting for me in the artstore shelf for eight or nine months I finally had the money and the intent to go in and purchase it this week. I have been carving alot of "small" sculptures this summer and needed to sink my teeth into something bigger. When I was 24 that something bigger was a five thousand pound block of marble(New Nazca Stone) and though here in Slummerville I am not set up to carve such a wee-big piece of Marble, I certainly can carve pieces up to a hundred pounds. Something happens to and inside me when I carve large. It is like clear providence into another dimension. I almost loose myself inside the confines of this medium that takes millions of years to be created in the earth's crust. So I went down stairs to the newer art store in "Mental" Central Square and grabbed the heavy piece from the shelf. After finding out they wanted two hundred for it and not the one-fifty I thought it was, I asked for a deal as one does with the purchase of a huge stone and they were very cool, I signed my credit card receipt and the total was one-hundred and seventy. I proceeded to walk up the stairs and out to the street right behind the t-stop and down past Pearl st. to my car with the big stone in my hands like a gravity challenged new-born. Several people looked at me like, "what the hell is that." I proceeded to put it down on a bench next to a person completely out of it, opened my trunk of my car parked on Mass have right before Hubba-hubba and plopped it in my trunk. Then fed the meter some more and ran into the Harvest for some salmon rolls.
Having the piece set up to work is very exciting. Current typing included, I find my self procastinating a little bit before I start. I think I just want to enjoy the piece a bit before I tear into it with my chisels. One note, this piece is the most talc piece of stone I have ever seen or worked on. Soapstone and Granite are silicates = Very harmful dust. I have a very good respirator I will be using. I am also happy/sad to say the work shouldn't take too long, do to how soft it is. In a purest way this is kind wimpy, carving a soft-stone, but faced with how much time it takes to carve something like marble, finish it and finally show it then maybe sell it, it is nice to work in softer stones as it doesn't become a life sentence of stone carving!
Thanks for reading and wish me luck........................ Peace and enjoy this great fall energy that is starting to envelop... *Scott.

Fall Artshows and other stuff.

2006-09-02T14:26:00.000-07:00

Hope you all had a great August and were able to get
to the ocean or the mountains! Just writing to keep
people current on what I'm up to "artistically" this
fall. This list covers group shows I am in, work I
will be donating, teaching and website updates. Please
scroll down and check it out.
cheers, Scott*

1. FAITH IN ART*
The ART GALLERY @ BUNKER HILL COMMUNITY COLLEGE
An interfaith, intercultural exhibit exploring
spiritual and faith based dimensions in art
September 14 — October 20
Artists’ Reception: Thursday, September 14, 6:00 p.m.–
8:00 p.m.
Gallery Talk : Thursday, September 21, 1 - 2:30 p.m.
http://www.bhcc.mass.edu/inside/660

2. Sculpture at UMass/Boston*
The New England Sculptors Association
http://www.nesculptors.com/
in collaboration with
The Campus Center of UMass/Boston
Invite you to view an
Exhibit of Contemporary Sculpture

In this extraordinary space at
100 Morrissey Boulevard in Boston

September 11th thru December 15th, 2006

Please join us

Friday, September 15th, 2006
from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
for the
Opening Reception
in the
Level 1 - University Terrace

Directions: see website
http://www.umb.edu/campuscenter/

3. ART HOUSE SILENT AUCTION*
(Brattle Theatre/Cambridge)
Local and national artists have once again put their
art where their hearts are and donated some stunning
works for ART HOUSE, the Brattle's third annual silent
art auction fundraiser. While the seasoned art
collector will certainly find great deals at ART
HOUSE, this event is for the novice art-lover as well,
with starting bids between $35 and $250. Proceeds
benefit the Brattle Film Foundation.

Thursday, September, 28th, 2006, 6:30 - 9:00 PM
Bidding closes at 8:15

Paintings, sculptures, woodcuts, lithographs,
photographs, and more await their new homes. Whether
your walls still have posters dating from 1987, or
you're bored with your Picasso, there is something for
everyone at ART HOUSE.

Many of the artists will be present for the event,
ready to answer questions about their work. Admission
is $15 and we recommend advance tickets (coming soon)
since we are limited to 125 guests. There will be a
cash bar and light refreshments. Bidding closes at
8:15, when we will accept payments and hand the works
to their new owners.
http://www.brattlefilm.org/brattlefilm/events/art_house2006/index.html

4. ART DONATIONS*
Thanks to the Art Connection
http://www.theartconnection.org/ I will be donating
two more paintings to Boston non-profits
a. Roxbury Multi-Service Center (RMSC)
b. East Boston Neighborhood Health Center (EBNHC)

5. DECORDOVA ART CLASSES *
-Develop 3D thinking and design skills as you discover
the inherent qualities of stone. As you hone your
carving technique, using alabaster, explore positive
and negative space, tools, and techniques. Students
will have the opportunity to create abstracted forms
or produce more realistic work.
https://participate.decordova.org/register.asp?Category=Sculpture

(two classes)
1. Instructor Scott Cahaly
Day Monday
Time 9:30 AM- 12:30 PM
Date September 18 - December 4

2. Instructor Scott Cahaly
Day Wednesday
Time 7:00 PM- 10:00 PM
Date September 20 - December 6

*If people have conflicts with this schedule I do
teach privately, please contact me.

6. WEBSITE/NET
-I have an updated sculpture gallery with some work
from this summer. The "Creation Sculptures" are
currently fluctuating between rounded and more
geometric forms. http://www.cahaly.net/gallery/

-I have also added a video tour of my studio for those
who have never been here but are more then welcomed to
schedule studio visits with me,(have your volume on!)
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=995463369671320960&hl=en

-Please link up with me through Myspace, I am at
http://www.myspace.com/lightvessel

Real Astrology!

2006-08-02T08:26:00.000-07:00

I just had a nice forty-five minute meditation, put a high velocity fan into my studio and am listening to proton radio www.protonradio.com/
I am feeling very clear and wanted to extend to anyone interested what I feel is the best astrology I have ever come across and have been actively reading for ten years. Please see freewillastrology.com/ and hit horoscopes. Alot of you probably know about Rob, some may not, his whole website is cool. He combines full-on astrological omens with language I can only describe as campy. I can't believe how what he writes for Aquarians is always timely for me and the circumstances I'm in. Whats more, when I listen to his advice it makes my whole reality better. I'm not one to just listen to what anyone says without a discerning mind, that being said check it out and let me know what you think if it "gets you."
*PEACE* -Scott.

My Studio Pictures

2006-06-20T18:52:00.000-07:00

I decided to post pictures of my studio. People have been telling me for years that I should have studio pics, so here they are. This studio, like a painting or a sculpture is a continual work in progress. I moved in here SIX whole years ago, the world was alot different, I was more immature and Somerville seemed to be the only and most affordable place to go if you wanted to be an artist. I have enjoyed this space in that time. Its not perfect but it inspires me. Paintings, Sculpture, plants, fish, salt lamps, candles, books, computer, meditation shrine. I keep it fully equipped as to be conductive to my creativity. I have gotten some really nice compliments about it from others over the years. I have had a bunch of gettogethers here but for the most part I am a bit selfish with it and try to keep it sacred. The last thing I need is someone from Revere ashing in one of my large marble statues at 2 a.m. then saying in a serious Boston accent, "SARRY DUDE." I'm a huge fan of ambience and night. I get serious sunsets in here which touch me, but my favorite time is at night with soma fm on and a few of my night time special effects, which there are many in here. On one level I feel I have charged the space up with a combination of meditation chants and mental time spent in creativity. So placement seems feng shui(?) but within this set up the spirit of the works vibrate off another injecting the visitor even more with a taste of what I believe is the etheric plane.
My rent isn't too bad, which allows me to spend more time in and create and market. The neighborhood feels like Brazil. I think the Brazilian population in this part of Slummerville is higher then any other. I like it. Its like being in the U.S. and not, all at the same time. Thanks for reading, gotta go....................

My Sculpture @ The Museum of Fine Arts.

2006-06-13T08:27:00.000-07:00

Just writing to let folks
know I will have a small sculpture, Vibratory Echo
cahaly.net/gallery/Di%B...VibratoryEcho
at the Museum of Fine Arts Summer Party this weekend.
The sculpture was selected and will be part of the
silent auction aspect of the evening. I will be
there in very formal attire,(yikes.) For more
information on the event please see link
www.mfa.org/calendar/event.asp
Tickets are still available if anyone is interested in
a regal evening at the Museum of Fine Arts.

peace, Scott.

Open Studios, May6&7@12:00pm

2006-04-27T07:05:00.000-07:00

*Hello and happy spring.

1.I will be participating again this year in the
annual Somerville Open Studios. Please drop in and see
my new work. "Earth Paintings" To preview click on
link, http://www.cahaly.net/gallery/
As in previous years I am offering all collectors, old
and new a ten percent discount during the event.
*Somerville Open Studios
Saturday-Sunday
May 6 + May 7, 2006
Noon to 6:00 p.m.
2 Bradley st(Mad Oyster Building)
Somerville, Massachusetts

Inner-Spring....

2006-03-20T14:08:00.000-08:00

Spring just bloomed for me a minute ago. An outward spring and inner spring. A shout out for re-juvenation, on the cold streets and in the cold heart. Scorched chances in the past, the promise to never let spring re-enter. Living under a cloud of seperateness and forgeting there is anything that can match it. There is, that nagging pinch of the heart, one of its breaths, enough to call to life a million flowers in this and other dimensions. Music of the past, playing in my ear, like a woken grave. The emotion it provides, not entirely untangled from the drab experience that used to accompany it. Still listening with faith of the next minute, the chance of a phoenix love song, the hope of light bouncing off a tear on my face hopeful of being hand and hand with that special Spring. The time of hearts, melting karma and at least an alarm clock on the rest of the season. Likeminded souls, nestled in celebration in a cramped apartment in Cambridge reciting Julius Caesar, "beware the Ides of March" it is always darkest before the light. God didn't allow us entrance to a dimension with out a sunroof. This Sunroof sometimes sticks, but is inevitably opened. Hoping this rambling finds and spawns early lightful openings in others. Peace be to the moment and the feeling in my heart.......... *Scott.

Earth Paintings & Dimensioned Sculptures

2006-02-17T16:00:00.000-08:00

Six hours left until this Aquarian has his birthday. The thought of being born durning the mid-seventies with all the bellbottoms and easy listening music.... I think I had a good year. Have been very creative/semi-abundant. Was able to pay most of my bills most of the time and got a good car. The usual romantic trail of solid bread crumbs continued but like usual I ended my year single and being ultra-self absorbed in my work. Not against the idea of a good relationship in the longrun but want things to go slow and not move too quickly so it doesn't end too quickly.
In the last few weeks I took the needed steps to get my website updated, which consisted of a photo shoot, new user friendly website gallery, and wrestling with photoshop. Finally its done for anyone interested to see. My work has definately got more spiritual/new age but thats fine because I am like that. Describing each piece of work in the captions section was kind of like speaking my own language. Cosmos, astral, light, angels, protection all hallmark terms I used again and again. This work is coming right from my soul, but I feel it may be a little ahead of the "art world" that really reveres innocous dull work. Whatever anyone thinks about this work, good or bad I know that I feel it and that it came from a genuine place inside me which I am always cultivating and gaurding!
The theme of Earth paintings started hitting my canvases post-New Orleans. My first couple paintings back this year were like missed shots at a dartboard. Strong work but not worthy of the website or keeping with this new series. A globe started showing up all of the sudden and then just sat in one painting on the easel for weeks. I think I painted over it and didn't re-visit it for another month or so. Instead of painting small canvases developing the theme more quickly, I started painting big immeadiately. The usual Pearl/artistan supply runs for gesso and paints were routine. The idea of hands being a conductor for spiritual light and help for the earth just showed up. Inspired by Michelangelo's creation fresco of God(as the old man) pointing to Adams limp finger. Painting the globe over and over again was easily the most recognizable and realistic work I have ever done in my life. It felt kind of wierd at first but then customary as a springing board to jump into the rest of the space on the canvas. I just came into about ten huge stretchers randomly yesterday,(happy early birthday) which I intend to keep working on.
This is the time in the year when I usually go back to stone carving, which has really been calling out to me lately. I am conflicted as I miss carving but I feel I need to pursue this series and push it as FAR as possible.
The Di*men*sioned sculptures don't have quite the storybook quality to them as the Earth Paintings do. Each piece was carved in response to the raw block of stone I purchased. These sculpture display a high degree of negative space in the middle of each statue. An idea I am quite fond of for stone sculpture as it is normal to think of the stone being in the middle rather then air. I think its fascinating to have an empty middle and then let the work be re-ducted around this space. To be able to carve stone into a form that makes it look light or even floating, is positively fascinating to me. I wish I had a clone so one of us could be painting and one sculpting all the time. Here is the newly updated website link, www.cahaly.net/gallery/ please have a look and let me know what you think.
*namaste Scott

Feeling the need to Blog.

2006-01-28T20:17:00.000-08:00

Haven't written here in awhile. Having a blog like this makes me wish I paid more attention to my Freshmen High school Lit teacher Mr. Murray. He was a large bear-esque sweat dripping Irishman. He always wore suits but it didn't matter because they were always reduced to his sweat. I barely did any homework in that class but still passed. Wish I worked harder as my writing would be better now, anyway, here it goes.
Saturday night, I have just finished what I think is my best painting to date. A large six ft/3ft oil of etheric spiritual beings protecting the earth with light from all parts of the universe. It reminds me of a fusion of Guernica by Mr. Picasso and parts of the Sisine Chapel, by Mr. Bunaratti(Michelangelo) thrown into deep space, fused, on acid and recombined. That is my best description of this painting which has opened up yet another door in my heart and vision. My website will be updated soon with it so I won't go into any more visual description as it is kind of superfilous without the image at hand.
I have been cranking since Christmas. Non-stop painting, meditation, Mantra Ohm-Gam-Gana-Patea-Namaha(Ganesh release of blockage mantra) excercise, have not been taking any shit from the man, just teaching part-time, even sold a painting, (Ms. Finland,Blue series.) Have been feeling completely in control of my energy. No time to look back at the last five years, only time to be present and look ahead. Sometimes I wonder if I could have gotten more accomplished artistically in these years, thought I have been working at it. *LIfe seems to be like the invisible bridge of faith, there is no bridge until you take that step and it magically appears beneath your feet. Like Indiana Jones and the Holy Grail. Giving is as important if not more then recieving. The consciousness of lack is based in the ignorant insanity of the mass consciousness. People can do whatever they want if only they program themselves in this way. I am sick worrying about the "world" and will there be enough for me and will I make it. Fuck it, I am and will. Will be happy to go to the grave with a paintbrush in my hand. I don't really give a shit, Love making art, My gift, bestowed as a curse in my darkest hour ten years ago. Love it, "you need to lose to know how to win" -Aerosmith.
Heard from astrologer, this week is supposed to be the most powerful astrological week in a hundred years. Sounds good to me. Last time she said this, there was a Sunami in the Indian Ocean. She is usually right on about world events, even called the mixing of the presidential ballets back in 00. I am feeling so strong and positive about things right now. Like I can see a hundred miles away. Maybe thats not a good thing. I swear I am about to do something crazy like buy another five-thousand pound block of marble, ten thousand even, maybe twenty. I want to explode, up, down, side way , before , after inbetween, I am talking ECSTATIC CATHARSIS. Anyway, am happy to be in(yes on a Sat. night) typing away. I have come to realize, only after YEARS of partying that there is nothing out in the night that I haven't experienced before. There is always the draw of going out, but when I am peaking creatively in the studio, whats the point. This is where I want to be, its the only place I have ever wanted to be. I know exactly what I was born to do and I hope the whole world sees it in time.
peace and light *Scott

Quote from Indigo files at http://www.sunfell.com/indigo.htm

2006-01-16T18:51:00.000-08:00

The unveiling of your true Octarine/Crystal core can be harrowing at times, but it is ultimately rewarding, in ways that are unimaginable to the uninitiated. It’s like you’ve suddenly grown a whole meter, or have been given color vision in a monochrome world, or can hear musical chords and melodies after being deaf. Your life will radically change, but once that change has settled in, you will wonder how you managed to get along before it happened. You will quietly use your newly unveiled Gifts to help the rest of humanity find its way to wakefulness, seeking no reward or recognition- but content to be part of the great wave of Awakening Light that is sweeping the world.

New years and Free Will Astrology!

2005-12-31T15:16:00.000-08:00

So, New Years, 06 six-sixteen P.M. eastern standard time. Ten parties to choose from. This is much more severe then the Pepsi challenge, the only loser or winner would be Coke. No possible way to cover so much urban ground in one night unless I got a flying zip-carpet. To make matters worse it is supposed to snow tonight and make the roads tricky, add drunk drivers and cops to the equation and chances of going from one place to the next fail even more. I have been invited to a couple of grand parties that will be pumping(snobby guestlists!) but whats the point to being out on New Years and not being with at least one good friend.
Lately I have been in an artmaking craze, no surprise there, see website http://www.cahaly.net When I am making alot of good artwork and very into my process, I sort of temporarily lose the party urge. When I am in party mode, I don't always have the good artmaking urge. It would be nice if both aspects made better bed partners. If I just made art all the time I would completely non-social and vice-versa. Anyway this is always an exciting night, kind of the World Series of Partying, I would say I am in practice but have been slumping lately. So I wish all of you reading this a happy and safe new year, whatever part of the world your in.
I am attaching the BEST astrology on the PLANET! Peace be with U, Scott.....

FREE WILL ASTROLOGY
Week beginning December 29
Copyright 2005 by Rob Brezsny
http://www.freewillastrology.com
Grammar key: Asterisks equal *italics*

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Thai coffee salesman Prayoon Thongiorn owns
a pet crocodile. So thoroughly has he tamed the creature that he lets
it
sleeps in his bed with him, even resting his head on it as if it were a
pillow.
I predict that you will make a comparable conquest in 2006, Aries. Some
dragonish influence that would be risky for most people to harbor will
become your ally. Congratulations in advance on both your courage and
the ingenuity you will summon to wrestle that beast into submission.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): "We live in a world with too much music,"
writes Joe Nickell at Missoulian.com. He's bothered by the fact that
everywhere he goes, there are tunes pouring from cell phones and mp3
players and TVs and radios and live bands. As far as you're concerned,
though, Nickell is utterly off-base. In 2006, you should take advantage
of
the profusion; you should immerse yourself in music more than you ever
have before. To do so will be instrumental in helping you accomplish
your
top assignment in the coming months, which is to feel deep, rich,
interesting emotions as often as possible.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Many Geminis fit the description of a class of
people that *Wired* magazine calls "yeppies," or "young experimenting
perfection seekers." Overwhelmed by a profusion of conflicting
opportunities, they are restless and insatiable. They treat life "as an
exercise in comparison shopping, refusing to commit for fear of missing
a
better offer." While this approach is pretty normal for your tribe, I
suspect it won't work as well in 2006 as it has for you in the past.
That's
why I urge you to try out some very different attitudes: a tolerance
for
imperfection, a respect for limits, an appreciation for the value of
peace
of mind, and a willingness to concentrate on just two or three
possibilities
instead of 17.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): The coming months will not be a time for less
talk and more action, my fellow Cancerian, but for *more* talk and more
action. Here are other prescriptions to help you get the most out of
2006: Go on wilder adventures and entertain fewer superstitions.
Indulge
in fewer mood swings and invest in an experience that will serve as the
best anchor you've ever had. Explore your secrets more aggressively,
but
keep fewer secrets. Work harder to know the difference between true
intuitions and fearful delusions. Feel less remorse and more
forgiveness.
Cultivate wetter love and dryer humor. Commit yourself to faster
promise-keeping and slower fault-finding.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): I know people who love the feeling of family but
who don't have much contact with their parents and siblings and haven't
started their own broods. Instead, they quench their longing for an
intimate network by hooking up with a spiritual family--a tribe of
like-
minded people who share their values. The coming months will be prime
time for you to either find a group like that or, if you already have
one, to
deepen and expand your web of connections. You don't have to sacrifice
your relations with your biological kin to do so. The more family you
have,
the better your mental health will be.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): In her book *Women Who Run With the
Wolves,* Clarissa Pinkola Estes talks a lot about fairy tales. As a
psychotherapist, she recognizes that the conditions they depict are
similar to how the deepest part of the psyche works. A central theme of
fairy tale justice, she says, is that it's always a good idea to be
kind to
people who don't seem important or beautiful or cool. Characters who
honor that principle are invariably rewarded, while those who spurn it
are
punished. This will be a key idea for you in 2006, Virgo. You can't
afford
to dismiss those you consider your inferiors, nor should you demonize
the
less attractive aspects of your own nature. Your success will hinge on
the
care you take with underdogs.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): I have selected a quote by Irish playwright
Brendan Behan to serve as your motto in 2006. I suggest that you write
it out on a piece of red paper and place it in a prominent place like
your
bathroom mirror or computer monitor. "If you have a talent, use it in
every which way possible," said Behan. "Don't hoard it. Don't dole it
out
like a miser. Spend it lavishly like a millionaire intent on going
broke."

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Widely regarded as a top military historian,
Martin van Creveld has written books that have been influential in
shaping
modern theories of warfare. The U.S. Army makes his work required
reading for its officers. That's why it was so remarkable when he
described America's invasion of Iraq in 2003 as "the most foolish war
since Emperor Augustus in 9 BC sent his legions into Germany and lost
them." I urge you to regularly imitate Creveld's example in 2006,
Scorpio:
Speak out in dramatic fashion against the follies that your expertise
gives
you the right to critique. Drawing on your special experience and
knowledge, make rigorous evaluations of the authorities and
institutions
whose decisions affect your life.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): "Dear Rob: I'm a very analytical person,
with a doctorate in nuclear physics and a high-tech job. All my
training
and business savvy tell me that your astrology column is superstitious
bullshit, yet every time I've faced a crisis in the last ten years,
your
horoscopes have provided accurate wisdom and counsel when things
seemed darkest. On the one hand this makes no sense, and on the other
hand I don't care that it doesn't make any sense. Somehow I'm able to
draw sustenance from something whose power I don't understand or even
believe in. In any case, thank you! -Humble Sagittarian Genius." Dear
Sagittarius: In 2006, you Sagittarians will have the chance to benefit
from
many phenomena that fit the description you applied to my column. Open
yourself wide to mystery.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Germany and the Soviet Union failed to
sign a peace treaty after the global hostilities of the mid-20th
century.
Technically, then, World War II never officially ended. This lack of
closure
doesn't seem to have had any lingering repercussions, though, so I
won't
worry about it. On the other hand, there are unresolved situations from
your past that are still causing you problems. In my astrological
opinion,
2006 is an ideal time to finally wrap up all the unfinished business
that
has been subtly draining you. It's a perfect opportunity for the
ultimate
karmic cleansing, preferably carried out with grace, gratitude, and
generosity.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): In 1503, wealthy silk merchant Francesco
del Giocondo commissioned Leonardo da Vinci to paint a portrait of his
wife Lisa. But when Leonardo finished the work, now known as the "Mona
Lisa," del Giocondo was so dissatisfied with it that he refused to pay
for
it. It seems he didn't recognize its value. I offer this as a teaching
story
for you, Aquarius. Please make sure that when you get what you ask for
in 2006, you don't make the same mistake del Giocondo did. Eagerly
welcome your dream-come-true, even if it's different from what you
expected.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): In his book *The Disappearance of the
Universe,* Gary Renard quotes the counsel of his teacher: "A jet
airliner is
always going off course, but through constant correction it arrives at
its
destination. So will you arrive at yours." Remember that advice
throughout 2006, Pisces. My analysis of the astrological omens suggests
that you will be frequently straying from the path of your highest
destiny,
and yet that's exactly what needs to happen in order for you to reach
your highest destiny. Forced to keep making regular adjustments, you
will
tone and strengthen your willpower, which is essential to you achieving
the goals that really matter.

*********************************************

Apocalypse Un-Plowed!

2005-12-09T16:49:00.000-08:00

When I was sixteen, I was enrolled in Drivers-ed as were most of my peers. We watched films like red asphalt and highways of agony and awaited are learners permit then license. Well, nothing from this early ninties course could prepare me for what I just experienced in the last three - Four hours, (MISERY.) Thus begins the saga.
Around the holidays I work for a florist for extra $. You might know it. The big green florist in Harvard square with all the missletoe and pine in front, right in Brattle square. I knew all week they needed me today, Friday to work. All week long it was sunny and winterly pleasant. Today however I knew from the weather there was going to be a snowstorm. I did not want to go, but as I always do I gave it the old college effort. Afterall I have been working there over ten years around the holidays, its almost as synonomous with the Christmas season for me as egg-nog. I got up at Six-thirty a.m. Just naturally arising fifteen minutes before my alarm went off. Proud of myself on some somnombulist level that I beat the alarm. Made instant coffee, went to the bathroom, and winterized/weatherized myself with jacket,gloves, hat boots, GEAR! Drove to Cambridge parked and took the subway over to HAVAAD!!!!
Well the day was pretty typical and just plain pretty with the snow falling. Pretty normal day, Harvard square, intellectual looking bedhead people. Homeless sleeping in the Coup overhead. Beautiful Sola girls catching my attention. Fast-forward several hours, its two-thirty, they let me leave early as there is a flash-blizzard outside and business is dead as disco(when disco was dead!) I hop on subway, go back up to central, and do my normal art store shopping. Some things I purchase in Pearl, some things I purchase in the Artisan supply. Pearl has better deals but is ridiculously lacking confidence and non pierced parts in its employees. Artisan supply just opened across the st. and in the basement. It is like the a student in the front of the class that everyone doesnt' want to admit to like, but still cheats off of. A quick trip to the Harvest for my non-hormonal tested organic yorgurt and I am off to my car on a side st. On the way I stop to see my eighty-year old friend Francis. I ring her but she is not answering. I felt like hanging out with her in her apartment and waiting out this blizzard that is roaring. So bad in fact that white out conditions have been attained. So I trudge further down Magazine st. to my car. Clean it off for ten minutes hop in, and this ladies, gentlemen and aliens is where the MISERY BEGINS*
Usually it takes me ten minutes to get back to my studio. It took me over two hours and a half. Bumper to bumper, white out conditions. Instead of going deathly slow on the main road back,(prospect) I side st. it but am confronted with apocalyptical, un-plowed driving conditions. I go down, one way, three cars are spun out. I go back to the main rd, there is Traffic. I go back down side st. traffic is moving, slowly. Halted at intersection, I take shortcut into Market Basket Parkinglot,(no comment on Brazilian driving habits at this supermarket parkinglot.) Go up a hill, as Somerville could be called Hillville. Little do I know that because about eight inches of snow fell in like an hour and a half nothing has been ploud. People are peeling out left and right. Stuck, fucked, and clueless. I after realizing I wasn't getting anywhere had the good sense to shovel out a space on the side of the st. to get out of the way. Others thought they could get up the hill, and except for the ones with four, wheel drive were sourly mistaken. I eventually turned around from this one side st. hill and told about eleven cars to turn around.( Was looking for extra Karma points!) So,, after waiting a half hour to go around Union Square, which usually only takes three minutes, I went up another hill, more frequented but steep. I should have stuck to the main rds. but couldn't had to be greedy and make good time. Typical Boston driver. This hill was just as bad as the first with even less room to turn around. At this point I thought I was an expert at this situation. Pulled over and decided to walk a half mile up the hill to my studio and leave my car till Saturday when conditions are better. Well, looking for more good Karma, I told others to turn, around again. When I came upon a girl my age, balling in tears in her car saying she'd been in there for three hours and was trying to get to Everett. I tryed to ameliorate her situation by telling her it would be alright and that she should pull over, and walk down to Union Square and chill out for a bit. She listened and did this. From this point I trudged up Walnut st. on foot to my studio while seeing all the denizens shoveling and marveling at nature in the HOOD! All the time, seeing more cars unable to get up the hill. So I get in here, call the cops and they tell me there is a snow emergency and unless your parked on the odd side of the st. you will be towed. SO<> I ran back to my car I had just left, was huffing and puffing all the way up the hill in my big boots. Got in, turned around and proceeded to go one way down the wrong way telling all the other cars to back up. They did, I got back on to the main st. where the traffic was better and got back here. On arrival I immeadiately went to the restaraunt next door, had three drinks(which I needed) and dinner. An old acquaintence was at the bar and picked up the tab which was great.,
STORY OVER!

Erotic Art, (HERALD.)

2005-12-02T07:05:00.000-08:00

Erotic Art
By Sher Core

Intimacy is one of life’s most artful forms. It’s a muse for remarkable paintings, drawing and sculpture. It’s been written about, sung about, and woven into all kinds of art. The sexual energy inside artwork is bestowed upon both the artist and the erotic art appreciator. It is expressed in the way we look at life and the manner in which we approach intimacy. What we are drawn to tells us much about ourselves. We all have our favorite forms of art in which we pick preferred pieces. Learning your own artistic preferences is important. It is just as vital as knowing what your mate likes. Branching out further and seeking art out together can give you more than a few ideas on how to add creative flare to a relationship.

Passionate Paintings: Throughout history, lustful paintings have captured the eye of the less modest. The Italian Renaissance painter Sandro Botticelli understood subtle erotica. He dealt quite a bit with classic myth, creating images of nude angels, fairies and heroes. Many artists of the Pre-Raphaelite era focused on female nudes. Take Adolph-William Bouguereau’s Evening Mood, for example. Here we have a lovely, fair-skinned maiden basking buck-naked under the moonlight. Dante Gabriel Rossetti’s Seaspell shows not just nudity, but it enchants us with its magic and mystery. The French Impressionist era certainly had its fair share of sensuality. Degas’s After the Bath, Woman Drying Herself illustrates the alluring lines of a woman’s body. Jean Renoir was prone to paint voluptuous ladies with ample breast and hips.

Decadent Drawings: Drawing is a good place to start for an aspiring erotic artist. It gives us a sense of the lines of the human body with its unique curves and indents. Many famous painters started by sketching. Pablo Picasso was one of the greats. He was shameless. His eroticism spilled like water. He bravely exposed not just a woman’s shape but up-close views of the vulva. From his earliest drawings to his late works, Picasso’s drawings depict sex in alluring and sometimes painful ways. Sex plays a part in the drawings of many renaissance artists in particular. That influence has branched out to modern works. Contemporary artists have taken drawing to new levels with the advent of erotic animation. From Japanese hentai to artists like Lorenzo Sperlonga who draws nearly lifelike large-breasted ladies.

Seductive Sculpture: In ancient Greece, sculptures of male nudes were quite popular. There is a series of Bronze Warriors depicting the strength and beauty of the male body. There are also pieces of females, including ThreeGoddesses, which shows blatant female sexuality, and Girl with Doves, which depicts a more innocent type of love. Romans were also fond of sculpture. The Doryphorus gave form to its creator’s (Polyclitus) ideal male, while the Venus De Milo is a testimony to the female form. One of the most famous erotic sculptures through history is the notorious David by Michelangelo.

Mood Music: So many songs have a direct sexual connection. Some moan longingly, such as the works of P.J. Harvey, Kate Bush, Sade, Chris Isaak and more. Much of today’s music grabs us with bold, bawdy lyrics and butt-shaking beats. Music improves our mood and adjusts our heart rates. There is no question that a magnetic melody can bring people together for dancing, socializing and intimacy.

Luscious Literature: It stands to reason that erotic literature is favored by women. Men like the visual; women want a story. One renowned author of erotic is Anais Nin. Despite the current popularity of her work, she was relatively unknown for most of her life. She was born in 1903. In the 1960s, she came to be somewhat of a cult figure due as much to her unconventional life as her poetic musings. See the Books section for more unrestrained reads.

The Life of the Artist: Scott Cahaly is a Boston area painter and sculptor. He creates remarkable works which make us think, feel, and yearn. Scott himself is a passionate person. He is a student of the female form, the curves, the positive spaces and shadows all inspire Cahaly's re-occuring depiction of women. His works sprout from that passion. He merges his inner spirituality with the beauty he sees in the female form resulting in a truly singular style. Scott’s Blue series is particularly erotic. In these paintings, couples are twisted together in intimate acts—the backdrops are mystical, yet strangely natural.

Twas the Night Before opening...........

2005-11-18T18:07:00.000-08:00

T(is) the night before opening and all through the studio not a creature was stirring accept my African Ghost fish which, too quote Depeche Mode "was knocking on deaths door" all week!. Last Friday I believe I thought it was a good time to really clean out my studio fishtank which I have had going in here for almost five years. One fish has remained with me for these five years, (Apteronotus albifrons) better known as the Black Ghost Fish. The fish's hometown is the Amazon river in Brazil. The fish is long and black and fluttr's like a feather. It is also nocturnal, like some friends of mine who work in clubs in Boston. It also emits a very slight electrical charge that it uses at night like infared to find food. Well your only supposed to change about twenty percent of the tanks water at a time as to not take a way needed bacteria's that sustain life for all the denizens. I stupidly but caringly changed about eighty percent, killing the ghosts long time speedy companion, a tiger fish almost immeadiately. The ghost went into some sort of cardiac arrest and since I know of no ICU for fishies I had to nurse the fish and use my, short seventeen year fishtank experience. I really thought the fish was dying on the fourteenth, I added some stress coat in vain to see if that would help with his skin and it did. By the full moon, the fish was showing signs of recovery. He actually was searching for his little bloodworms I feed him, not eating but at least searching hence showing that he wasn't as crazy and sick as I had thought. Another tip for sick animals which seemed normal is to get a picture of St. Francis and put him near any sick animal you have. In this case I leaned his pic right up against the tank where the fish sleeps. So as of right now the fish seems like he/she(not sure) will be fine.
This has been sort of a depressing week for me. STRESS of being an artist and what that entails in a big bad mean corporate 2005 that I catch myself living in. I almost feel like a whining wife, but being a visual artist is grueling. Consistency in making good work, selling work, explaining to others my schedule, all difficult. Some people went so far as to call me un-focused and lazy because when I work part-time I get several days a week in my studio to do stuff. Obviously I am just sitting around doing nothing waiting for armageddon, Not. I had planned this holiday open studios awhile ago and haven't been overly excited about it since then. This week I actually came down with a slight cold and did not even organizing my studio, today Fri one day before the event. I am not the porcastinating type in anything, well a few things but for the most part I get stuff done. When it comes to this studio which I have opened up tons of times in the past five years, it is almost like an extended body part,(no pun.) I know every corner, inside and out, know where the dust collects most, where the sun comes in stongest, can even hear water dripping out of one of my fountains all the way across the room. If I were a superhero in here I would be daredevil as all my senses are always enhieghtned. I really believe in the essence and soul of all the objects I have created in here, I get scared sometimes that people are not going to really catch onto what I am doing for many years to come. If there were no galleries, collectors or artworld, I would still be making art as I know it is my dharma(soul purpose) I really try to keep my own reality alive within these walls and on my website in cyberspace, every once in awhile the negative scared voices of the world say "no you can't be an individual, you should be more like everyone else" this is when I hit the roof and loose energy.
Anyhow, I have got a lot done in here today and tonight with more to do in the morning, so if you are anywhere around Somerville and want to come over tomorrow please call me at 617-628-0419 and I will tell you where I am located.

Peace, Scott.

Holiday Open Studio

2005-11-08T14:40:00.000-08:00

SCOTT CAHALY: Holiday Open Studio
Saturday: Nov 19, 12-5

Displayed at Scott Cahaly’s Studio (SCS)

SCS is part of Mad Oyster building located in
Somerville just a five minute drive from the
Brickbottom building. An urban studio unlike any
other where life size stone statues coexist with
colorful paintings, plants, fish, fountains and the
artist’s own zen meditation center. All created by
Scott Cahaly, known stone sculptor, passionate
painter, popular teacher and tireless scenester.

Cahaly’s sculpture and painting seek to depict
inner and outer realms, the metaphysical, the
transcendent, and a sense of timelessness and
mystery. In both the painting and the sculpture he
uses repetition of stylized depictions of the face
and the human form. At times these are easily
recognized, and at others they are abstracted almost
past the point of recognition. He combines these with
animal imagery, and familiar symbols such as hearts,
stars, suns and moons.

On display will be New Nazca Stone, the three year
twenty-five hundred pound marble statue he carved by
hand. Begun in the basement of a museum in central
Vermont and finished in his Somerville studio the
statue conjures up the art of the Aztecs and Incans
as interpreted through Cahaly’s trademark style.

For directions, please contact artist, GRACIAS.

I Trance, Therfore I AM!

2005-10-30T17:45:00.000-08:00

I was given an amazing website link, http://www.undergroundfilm.org/films/viewer.tcl?reso=2&wid=1015176&oftype=lar
have a look. It is a live stream that lasts about fifty-minutes. I play it with realtime player, do have your speakers plugged in. It is very sixties, trippy, Burningman, higher consciousness. It really inspired me alot the way the whole movie was put together.
Well, last night was yet another solid Fall Party night. The Sat before Hallows eve to boot. I knew about six parties, don't ask how, I just knew. Several parties in Brookline, Somerville, Cambridge and South Boston. I opted to go to "Southy" as my friend Ivan's studio is on Broadway. So I drove there parked my car and immediately see a bunch of partygoers dressed up in their costumes. At the door to my friends studio nonetheless. Upon entering the threshold I got an upclose look at some great costumes and much effort. So I met Ivan, we had a drink and then decided to head out to the Distillary somewhere nearby cause that was one of the party destinations. I said, "we should go check this thing out here in your building first as it is on the way out." He agreed and we went down to what I can only describe as a Lithuanian Moshpit with good European Beer. As soon as we showed up, before we knew it, two of the revelers grabbed our arms and dragged us on to the dancefloor circle where everyone was pulling each other around at the speed of drunken sound. It was good fun, very old-school Euro. Over the course of an hour or so we stayed, I got checked, elbowed and I thnk punched in the chest, all by accident. I was talking to a Lithuanian women at one point and she said, "why are you at a Lithuanian party if your not Lithuanian, da." I said, "this Lithuanian party happens to be in the city I grew up in so whats your point."
We left there, walked to the Distillary but ended up at a place called the Foundry which was wrong. We were on East second st walking the wrong way, eight to ten blocks the wrong way! So I said" alright, one more block then we turn around." As it turned out, at that final block on the right was this HUGEEEEEEE glass space with hundreds of people, I thought it was a rave for a second. I was in utter dis-belief, we were both astonished and decided to check it out, "when in Rome!" So we couldn't enter through the main entrance as it was too late. So I took a page out of my college days and both of us entered through the smokers door on the side of the building. We got in there and the place was HOPPING. Costumes, Dj, catered food. Kegs, wine, WOW! So then at about one oclock the house lights came on and I was thinking, oh this is not good, time to move on to the next party. After the usual post party smoozing, I grabbed Ivan and we went outside. We proceeded to hail a cab for twenty-five minutes but were having no luck. Finally we got one and it took us to the Distillary. We were just about there when this homless guy was like"the party is there, points to the door." It felt pre-destined. So we scaled four flights of stairs to find a pumping loft party, full bar couches, huge dancefloor, loud music, peole moving. So like the proverbial fish to water, we dove in. I love this City on Nights like that. We agreed afterward that, either of the three parties on any normal Sat night would have been adequate, but the fact that we hit three awesome ones within walking distance of each other was indeed, SPECIAL.

Speed of reality

2005-10-24T15:01:00.000-07:00

Is it my artistic imagination or is reality really moving fast. When I say reality really moving fast I mean things seem very urgent lately. Not just on a collective earthquake, hurricane level but on all levels. This month there has been so much stuff happening that it has unhinged my previously established calm meditative bedrock that I have been building up for years.
It is very good to have a social network and have things going on. A funny thing happens to me when I am socializing. Instead of feeling like, okay I went to a great party, or concert or gathering or whatever now I can go home and chill out. Its different, socializing, for me almost breeds more socializing. Its great but distracting. There was a span of years when I was totally non-social and stayed in and made art all the time. The thought of making plans wasn't possible as I felt no nourishment from being social. Now its like the need to stay in and make art and being hyper-social are wrestling with each other. One of the good things about this cold weather and the winter in general is that it breeds studio time for me. Not that there are less things going on around (BASTAN) but the need to be outside warming myself in the sun like a reptile has ceased.
I see people all around who should be staying in being productive but instead are getting strung out on whatever social scenes their on. I try to keep myself in a mindset where I get stuff done during the week and weekends and still maintian time for going out. I am a proponent of a well-balanced mindset. I find it really interesting how much stuff people I talk to have going through their head. I always say, do you MEDITATE and I am looked at like a child on the back of a milk carton. People don't realize, because this realization only comes from doing, but meditation is the answer to neurosis, suffering, depression. Not all at once, and it does take years but it as important as jogging, at least as much as text messaging.........

Mind/Body expo 05

2005-10-09T16:46:00.000-07:00

Hello there, I am feeling great and very calm as I have just returned from the mindbody expo in Boxboro MA. I won several free passes for the whole weekend so I decided to take full advantage as it was the closest I have had to a spiritual retreat in years. My whole mission so far this fall has been to get the heck out of the city and having a car with just fourteen thousand miles has been helping me do that. So I picked up a close family member yesterday and we headed up at about four in the afternoon. Today I returned by myself at noon and stayed five hours, it was worth it. The event took place in the functions wing of this Holiday Inn out in Boxboro. The best way of describing Boxboro is that it is the kind of place you only go to in the fall, because the leaves changeing along the way made for a perfect roadtrip, as opposed to the return getting lost in pouring rain and driveing an extra hour from 195 to route-nine then to the mass pike with an overly loquacious relative talking my ear off. That being said, the Holiday inn itself with its indoor pools and kids running around screaming brought me back to a time when I was a kid when my family used to go to these church conventions in distant towns in distant creepy hotels like this enormous Holiday Inn. There were free apples as we walked in, another sign that it is fall and that we were out of the city.
The Expo is set up in one GIANT room and has several smaller rooms which are used for one hour workshops. In the giant room, there is everything from acupuncture, to psychics, to flower essences, to reiki demos, massage, spontaneous healing, aura photography, books, crystals and my latest acquisition a salt lamp and lots more.... The workshops that occured, covered all sorts of areas, Avalon(celtic afterworld), opening the third eye, living consciously, sex and spirituality, world peace, past lives, feng-shui, healing the heart. I did about eight of these workshops and spent countless minutes moving from booth to booth, trying to absorb the different info. I liked and dis-liked different aspects of the whole thing. I dis-liked the whole sales pitch part of the booth area. I found some of the practicioners overly-aggressive in trying to sell me something or get me on their e-mail list or the like. Its funny that such spiritual pursuits still have the used-car salesman thing attached to it. The thing I'd like the most is when I was allowed to take my time reading about a subject or doing a demo and felt the connection with the subject or person teaching me about it. I had an AWESOME fifteen minute free massage by this french women, who at the end of the massage, started rubbing my head and seperating my ears and when she did this, it just acted as a catalyst for all the other rubbing she did and at that point, all the energy just spread through my body. I also got alot out of the workshops, alot of intuitive info I tried to absorb about the heart, the world, spirituality and relationships. So much info from so many classes I feel like it is still swishing around my head.
This Salt Lamp I just plugged in is very cool. It is a large piece of solid salt, mined (supposedly) at the foothills of the Hymalayas. It is hollow on the inside where a light fits in. What it does is emit, negative IONS which convert the plethra of positive Ions in the air and make whatever environment it is placed very serene. From my experience with other peoples ion machines, its like the difference between fog and clarity outside, but at a much more subtle level. I think it will go well in my studio as I know I am in positive Ion central with the busy street right outside my window and all of my electric gadgets, like the one I am writing on right now.
As I said earlier I am feeling overwhemlingly pieceful and spiritual and that is how I want to stay. I am becoming more de-tached from the day-day existence that is characteristic of life and particularly, life in the city. I want to return to more of a heart oriented natural spiritual existence, like the one I had in Vermont, years ago. I am not saying the city is bad or I am leaving right now but I feel better when I break out and have other geographic and heart/mind destinations, even if they do occur within a mind/body exposition in a Holiday Inn. -S.

Let It Flow

2005-10-03T21:22:00.000-07:00

In the immortal words of Spirtualized, "Let it Flow." The only reason I ever bought spiritualized is because someone said they were a current Velvet Underground, back in the mid-ninties. No matter how many minutes I spend during the day stressed out that I am in my studio making art while others are out in the world making big money, this is who I am. Ten years prior to right now, I was wandering around the streets of Burlington VT. looking for myself. I was stairing at the clouds, the lake, going into different churches, reading all sorts of spiritual literature. I was in a dungeon of insecurity. It was almost like I was seeing something that noone else was and new I was in chyrsalis. Spiritual death and rebirth is a heavy subject that entails a place words can't reach. Suffice to say in all this misery there was a certain sense of rawness a pain junkies wildest dream. I wasn't into the suffering, I just suffered and longed for clarity, thoughts of my middle-class suburban past, my existential Phish Vermont present and the ever Mysterious future loomed.
My new rule is to never talk about any painting or sculpture until they are done as they become cursed. The last painting I mentioned, "turtle earth" got buried under fresh acrylic. Things are going well with the new work,(probably shouldn't have said that.) Something that saved my spirits this past week was time spent in Nature. Last Tuesday, I was at my witts end and was so unconnected with my painting. The usual Central Square run did not do it. I hightailed it to Walden Pond in Concord MA. Hiked around the Park and saw the sun set, the next day as well. These few hours in nature melted my anxiety about everything from bills, art, future, girls, parties etc. Being in the city is like being in a kitchen and only being in the oven. You literally have to break out to realize there are other parts of the room(strange metaphor, oh well.) I did some tree hugging, tried to do a sitting meditation in the woods, but could not keep my eyes closed because of the tremendous scenery. Upon getting back to work the next day I felt rejuvinated and nourished and in line with whatever it was My sub-conscious wanted to excorcise on to the canvas. No matter what blocks that come up with my work, I thank God that I have that little tiny spark inside me that reveals itself only after I've spiritually prepared myself for its cameo. Peace, Scotty.

Artist's First-ever blog/ Finding the "me" in Memo with my niece

2005-09-17T14:55:00.000-07:00

This is cool. Have been reading blogs. Never written one. Finally a chance for my horrible use of the English language to be witnessed by a countless three people. Anyhow, made a laundry run to my parents late last night and could not sleep past four in the morning. Found it needed to watch almost the whole season of Entourage on demand television. The character who plays ari, the acting agent is in hyper-space. That actor is so funny he makes me scream, along with Matt Dillon's brother who plays the star's brother, VERY FUNNY. Got my laundry done, had breakfast with the folks at a familiar breakfast nook a town away. Most of the conversation consisted of money, something I am in short hold of as I am a visual artist. Not that I don't believe artist's cannot be rich but right now I am "getting buy."
After leaving the meal which my father paid for, I hopped in my car back to my studio to continue working on a very abstract painting called turtle-earth which so far in its groundpainting form consists of a huge cosmic turtle with the earth as its massive round shell. As always I wasn't sure where this one was going but its truth became revealed as soon as I started painting it from the middle of the canvas and working out to the paremeters. On my drive to my studio I realized i was near my brothers house and had the option of swinging buy and seeing my beautiful young three year old niece. I did and the two of us sat together, her in my lap, and she screened finding memo for me. My first time ever. She even knew how to use the dvd player and she is just three. In my mind I was like, alright, I need to swim so I will only stay and watch for like fifteen minutes. From the onset, watching memo, "I was hooked" brilliant colors, funny dialogue and about fish. I have been an amateur icthyologist for most of my life and have almost always kept a fishtank at one point or another so, I was really "hooked."
Needles to say there was a scene which incorporated these Bill and Ted type surfer turtles giving the protagonists a ride through the australian jet stream under the ocean. These turtles, not only gave me ideas for my "turtle earth painting" but also reminded me of the universe. Because I wasn't in such a rush to get IN to the studio and work, I ended up here seeing these turtles which hopefully will inspire me to finish my painting.
Another thing nice about the visit was that fact it felt like quality time. As a single artist I am very selfish and tend to go out alot. Alot of late nights and other things. Fun for a bit, but in the end much like a hangover. Its good in small doses, but those doses become regular. Lately I have felt the need to stay in more and paint or sculpt, (I also carve stone.) Its taken courage for me to live more of a "sober" life. Lately I try to have the best people around me for that. Not that other people are bad, but just people with good energy where I feel energized after being with them and not drained. My niece IS at the top of my list for this and I love her, I know (ah!)
Anyhow I do recommend Memo and also taking time out to arrive in a situation where you could watch such a film that entails a shark intervention ten step program type thing to stop them from eating fish. Cheers.