In the studio 3/20/16
I made progress on Euclid Avenue I this morning. Progress on the 48" x 60" painting has been slow at times. This canvas is from a stock of 'professional grade' canvases I bought some time back. The surfaces on…
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Cleveland, Ohio
In the studio 2/14/16
On the Square is part of my Playhouse Square series--a series of paintings with subjects taken from Cleveland's Playhouse Square. At 4' by 5', On the Square is at the outer limit for an easel painting. Any larger…
Snow-crusted Lake Erie
The east coast is blasted by a historical storm--over two feet of snow in Washington. Airports from NC to New England are closed. For once, the worst weather in the eastern part of the country…
In the studio 12/13/15
Today's was the fourth painting session on Girl in the Purple Boots II. I think it's far enough along now that you can get a sense of what it is about. I'm in my second…
In the studio 4/25/15
This is a pretty good photo of the unfinished Heated Discussion. It's at the 'get it finished any day now' stage. I enjoy working on details but sometimes I give them too much attention. The stuff…
Playhouse Square I
I am working on the drawings for my new series--Playhouse Square--which I wrote about earlier. The series is based on photographs I've taken of Cleveland's Playhouse Square. I wrote before about how I planned to…
Playhouse Square
I started a series of paintings early in the winter called Playhouse Square. Each painting in the series portrays the area around Cleveland's Playhouse Square and the people going about their Square-related business. I am amassing photographs…
Mountain Retreat
The beautiful painting Clouds Visiting a Mountain Retreat is currently on view at the Cleveland Art Museum. The museum regularly rotates its vast Asian collection, and new works (new to me) are frequently to be…