In the studio 7/11/15
I finished Dinner in Trenton this morning. Today's session was the 20th. Dinner in Trenton is 40" x 56." The ground was a little flat; I found myself fighting against it at times. [caption id="attachment_5253"…
Year: 2015
How Art Became Irrelevant
Michael J. Lewis' long piece in Commentary titled, How Art Became Irrelevant, is a tour de force of cultural analysis. In his well-written and long article (did I mention it is long?), Lewis' breadth of…
In the studio 7/5/15
This unfinished painting on the easel, Euclid Avenue II, is from my Playhouse Square series. (Euclid Avenue I has a lot more figures and is still in the drawing stage.) The painting is 4' x…
Review: Charvin Fine Oils
I bought some cerulean blue from Charvin. Actually, Charvin doesn't produce a true cerulean blue but something they call 'cerulean blue hue.' Charvin produces two lines of paints: Fine, and Extra Fine. This review is…
In the studio 7/2/15
Woman in Purple Boots is 40" x 50". No part of the painting is finished; I'm in my second passage through it. This painting is has gone smoothly --so far. [caption id="attachment_5222" align="aligncenter" width="500"] The…
In the studio 6/21/15
Unfortunately, the overcast skies resulted in a dark photograph of Sunday Parade. The studio's bank of natural-light lamps washes out the colors in photographs, so I have to make due with this dark photo or none at…
In the studio 6/14/15
I had two more painting sessions on Washington Square. I finally got the pigeons in there (can you see all 7 of them*?). Washington Square has a hole in the middle which is supposedly a no-no.…
Artless by Michael Lind
In his article in The Smart Set, Michael Lind writes about how Millennials are disinterested in the fine arts: "...Trends in American painting ever since the plate paintings of Julian Schnabel are not a big…