Studio journal 4/9/17
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Read more: Painting: Mother Nursing Infant
This is an older painting from the gallery. Working on a painting, I get it…
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Read more: Timothy Callaghan—Life Slow Still
I recently paid my second visit to the William Busta Gallery. Busta is one of…
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Read more: George Mauersberger at Bonfoey
I walked into the George Mauersberger exhibit at Bonfoey expecting to see a passel of prints. Nope. …
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Read more: Mary Cassatt and the Feminine Ideal in 19th-Century Paris
Claude Monet maintained (I’m paraphrasing) that caricature was the soul of art. Not a surprising…
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Read more: Dayton Art Institute—Fail
The Dayton Art Institute is handsomely situated on a hill above the Great Miami River. …
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Read more: Robert Smith
Robert Smith was an American artist who died in 1985. When I knew him, he…
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Read more: Thumbs-up: van Ruisdael; Thumbs-down: Renoir
I’ve loved art as far back as I can remember. During the summer before First…
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Read more: Hurricane Sandy
Hurricane Sandy came our way and mixed with the Nor’easter that was already pounding our…
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Read more: In the Studio—10/28/12
The winds from a furious Nor’easter pound against the studio windows. Whitecaps crash against the…
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Read more: Smooth Move—Smooth Painting Surfaces
All artists are self-taught today. It doesn’t matter if you have a masters degree or never…