[Ned Balbo]

I love the website, Rick. It's great to see those books looking good together and your paintings neatly curated. (Even so, I'll continue to visit Only of Objects--you'll keep that going?).

The best thing is the new website brings together poet, painter, journalist so we can see how each is part of the rest.

[Rick Mullin]

Thanks Ned!

I'm trying to rein in my social media campaign, so to speak. I will keep the blog (Only of Objects) going. I also use Instagram only for art. Thus I may pedal back on Facebook with occasional plugs for the website.

Rick

[David Callin]

This looks great, Rick. I am immersing myself in it now.

Will I find Paterson Falls in my WCW Selected Poems? I feel it must be in there somewhere. I love the painting, anyway.

I'd be interested to know how close to Paterson you are.

[Rick Mullin]

Too close.

Thanks David.

Cultural note: Paterson is poorly represented in Jim Jarmusch's film "Paterson". Arguably poetry is also misrepresented. Bob Dylan's "Hurricane" is a nice snapshot. My copy of William's Paterson has a drawing of the falls on the cover. Of course, he lived in Rutherford, a nearby town seemingly on a different planet.

Environmental note: The Paterson falls are both huge and small. I've painted them onsite three times, once when the actual falls were frozen like a stilled waterfall of ice. I looked like Shackleton when I was done. The picture on my site is of the water above the falls, with the falls beginning at the right edge.

Glad you like the site and the paintings.

Rick

[Sarah-Jane Crowson]

Rick - the website is beautiful, I think.

It's tricky to make an artists website that strikes a nice balance between various dimensions - the 'interesting', the 'now', the 'traditional'.

What you do in this site is show all the different dimensions of your painting and story without diminishing any of them into empty trophes or making them inaccessible.

But you also let us take the work seriously - it's a website I could show to my more snitty colleagues, if that makes sense.

I also love the front page, and all of the 'small works', which are so so so gorgeous.

Sarah-Jane
(apologies for lateness, it has been a busy time personally and professionally)

[Rick Mullin]

Thanks Sarah-Jane,

I'm glad to hear from you on this. And I'm glad you like the design of the site. I appreciate your thoughts.

Rick