As usual, here is some current work. The small self-portrait at top was recently finished (it’s still wet). It’s a companion to a gouache I did earlier this year. The painting on the lower-right (tentatively titled ‘Down’) has a warm orange-brown ground. I favor this tone for my grounds although I have used others.
Artists, Cleveland, Galleries, Reviews
Stephen Pentak Responds to Review
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•Stephen Pentak has responded by email to my review of his exhibition at the Bonfoey Gallery last fall. Because my readers might be interested in the exchange, Mr. Pentak has generously agreed to let me post the correspondence. I have appended the emails to the original review.
Bio, Paintings, Shop Talk, Studio Corner
Study: Making ‘The Call’ Part 3
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•The under-painting is now finished. The next update will occur after the under-painting is thoroughly dry and a substantial amount of modeling and local color have been added. Part 2. Part 1. Part 4 Finished painting
Shop Talk, Tips and Studies
Oil Paint Brands Update 6/30/2013
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•This is my second update to the Oil Paint Brands post (a compendium of information about oil paint producers). Blue Ridge has proved to be a reliable producer and they have supplanted Windsor Newton as my day-to-day paint. Their paint is excellent and I had a bad experience with WN. Recently I bought two 200…
Bio, Paintings, Studio Corner
In the Studio 6/30/2013
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•One unfinished oil–Boat Hook–and two watercolors. “Boat Hook” is almost finished. The two watercolors are large (for watercolors). The bottom one (California coast) should be finished soon.
Art Museums, Bio, Cleveland, Uncategorized
“Why?” (do you visit the museum so often)
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•A professional from Guadalajara visiting Cleveland for the first time was enthusing about the city’s many attractions, especially the art museum. “It’s magnificent–world class,” she exclaimed! “The Rubens, the Velasquez, the Goya…,” she rattled-off several more masterpieces she’d seen. “I know,” I nodded, “I visit the museum every week.” “Every week? But, WHY,” the astonished art lover…
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In the Studio 6/23/2013
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•Not much to report this time as I’ve been under the weather. The small landscape is part of a Rockies-based series. I own a small property in Colorado but I don’t get out there often. If I moved away from the water, I would head for the mountains. The painting in the upper-right was finished…
Artists, Reviews, Uncategorized
Review: Bad Boy: My Life On and Off the Canvas by Eric Fischl
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•The contemporary figurative artist Eric Fischl has written, with the aid of Michael Stone, his autobiography–Bad Boy: My Life On and Off the Canvas. Because Fischl’s work stands to the side of several currents in contemporary art, he has a (mild) reputation as a rebel. His lifestyle, according to this book, is one of pop-culture…