My kids are used to seeing themselves in paintings. I use them as models a lot, although less these days than previously. Painting children is challenging and can easily lead to kitsch. There are always topics that are ‘forbidden’ in ‘high art’ (a single sentence with two sets of scare-quotes–a record for me). Not long…
Month: August 2015
Paintings, Shop Talk, Studio Corner
In the studio 8/29/15
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•materials, Paintings, Shop Talk, Studio Corner
In the studio 8/23/15
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•Paintings, Studio Corner
In the studio 8/22/15
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•Paintings, Studio Corner, Vermilion, OH
Finished ‘Main Street II”
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•Paintings, Shop Talk, Studio Corner
In the studio 8/16/15
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•I put my mind to finishing Main Street II yesterday. You get in that groove where everything goes clickety-clack smooth and all problems become trivial and melt away. You know that groove? 12 hours yesterday and back at it again today, all day. But–sigh–it’s not to be. I’m tired, that is, mentally exhausted, and the figure on…
materials, Paintings, Shop Talk, Studio Corner, Tips and Studies
In the studio 8/9/15
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•This is the first time I’ve shown Break. Break is 40″ x 50″ and I’ve had four painting sessions. Break is another of my Playhouse Square series. The painting in the background, Euclid Avenue II, is another painting in the series. The painting on the right-side is Taking Note, which is close to being done.…
Paintings, Shop Talk, Studio Corner
In the studio 8/2/15
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•Three Women is coming along slowly. Previously, I titled it VW Bug and later Three Young Women. Now it’s just Three Women–original, I know. For the past week I’ve been absorbed by technical issues. Not mediums, but supports and grounds. I spend a lot of time getting paintings to the finishing stage. I’m looking for…