Just when I finally lost all hope, we saw the sun. This winter has been harsh with bitter cold and snowstorms followed quickly by more snowstorms. But Lake Erie has begun to thaw as has the Vermilion River. I took my first walk along the river since the first of the year. Here’s a photograph…
Category: Vermilion, OH
anecdotes, Uncategorized, Vermilion, OH
Ill-omened moon
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•Bio, Vermilion, OH
White Christmas
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•It started snowing Thursday afternoon and didn’t stop until Christmas evening. Six-inches of snow with knee-high drifts, as you can see in this photo taken from our dining room on Christmas morning. Every year we resolve to restrict the number of gifts to a manageable number, and every year we fail horribly, as you can…
Main Street, materials, Paintings, Shop Talk, Tips and Studies, Turpentine diaries, Uncategorized, Vermilion, OH
Arguing with a painting
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•I’ve had a long argument with this as-yet-untitled painting. The argument started as soon as I completed the original design. I spent time taking things out of the design after it was supposed to be finished. I work hard on designs and only start painting with the drawing is finished. But it’s a large painting,…
Main Street, Paintings, Shop Talk, Studio Corner, Turpentine diaries, Vermilion, OH
Backslide
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•Main Street, materials, Paintings, Shop Talk, Studio Corner, Turpentine diaries, Vermilion, OH
Good flake white
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•Utrecht flak white continues to surprise me with its good performance. Considering its modest price, it’s a good value. I am using it throughout this painting titled The Fair. It covers well and handles crisply. When thinned it retains strong covering strength. An excellent flake white. I ordered another tube this morning. I’ve just started…
Bio, Turpentine diaries, Vermilion, OH
Fall along the lake
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•Lake Erie keeps the Fall weather mild in NE Ohio. Halloween is often shirtsleeve weather here. New Jersey, where we lived before moving here, is always cold by this time. I remember freezing as I pulled the wagon with our costumed-children in it around the neighborhood. It was so bitter cold that we curtailed trick-or-treat…