The lower painting has along way to go; the raw umber ground is still visible beneath the figure on the lower-left and other places. It’s 40″ x 56.” The upper painting is nearing completion. It’s called “Explain” or “Plain” or some such. The lower one is titled “Dinner in Trenton,” by the way.
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Bio, Paintings, Studio Corner, Vermilion, OH
In the Studio 7/28/2013
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•What’s unusual about today’s ‘In the Studio’ post is the works I’m showing were both finished today! The larger is titled ‘Jane Hudson and Her Father,’ (yes, it’s me holding my daughter Jane when she was about three). The landscape, ‘Colorado River #1,’ is on linen, which I do not often use.
Paintings, Studio Corner, Uncategorized, Vermilion, OH
In the Studio 3/17/13
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•Poor light yesterday, Saturday, but good light today. The lake came alive this week and although it’s cold–mid-30’s–the waves and whitecaps already remind me of summer. Here’s a shot of some of the things I worked on today. I finished the drawing of the larger one and decided to plunge ahead and start the under-painting.…
Studio Corner, Uncategorized, Vermilion, OH
In the Studio 12.16.12
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•For a Sunday during December in NE Ohio the light is good. Here’s a photo taken in the studio today. I’ve been painting since 7:00 and now it’s time for lunch and the Brown’s game on T.V. The large painting on the right “Garth and Jane” was finished yesterday. The portrait on the left–“Garth in…
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Mary Cassatt and the Feminine Ideal in 19th-Century Paris
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•Claude Monet maintained (I’m paraphrasing) that caricature was the soul of art. Not a surprising statement coming from a master caricaturist. I agree with Monet wholeheartedly. The exhibition at the Cleveland Museum of Art—Mary Cassatt and the Feminine Ideal in 19th-Century Paris—provides a great opportunity to examine some drawing and prints by Cassatt and her…
Paintings, Studio Corner, Uncategorized, Vermilion, OH
In the Studio—10/28/12
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•The winds from a furious Nor’easter pound against the studio windows. Whitecaps crash against the shore one after the other with ceaseless regularity, their white froth nearlty reaching the studio door. They say this storm will join with hurricane Sandy in the next day or so. Inside it’s comfy-cozy. The only thing to complain of…