In the studio 5/15/16
I have a lot of small canvases ready to go. By small I mean in the 24' x 30' range. Recently, I started painting landscapes on three of them. You can see the beginning of one…
Category: Paintings
In the studio 5/1/16
It's raw and cold for a May day in NE Ohio. It feels more like March than May--rainy, gray, and windy. A woman asked me why I don't spend more time teaching art on my…
In the studio 4/26/16
After a long hiatus, I worked on Washington Square Park again. How many times have I reworked the background? Well, are you going to tell me or not? [caption id="attachment_6030" align="aligncenter" width="600"] 'Washington Square Park'[/caption]…
In the studio 4/24/16
My work today on Spring was all blues: ultramarine blue-violet on the blouses of the outer-most figures; cerulean blue and black on the pants of the middle woman. Magnesium blue and Veronese green on the Bug. All…
In the studio
After working on paintings with a lot of figures in them, working on The Photographer's single figure is refreshing. I don't actually know the woman in this painting, which is based on one of many…
In the studio 4/3/16
I was busy today. I got into a groove and worked on several paintings. These two are the last ones that I worked on. When I finally put the brush down, I was mentally exhausted.…
In the studio 3/27/16
Aboard the Betty Jane is another of the 48" x 60" canvases I recently wrote about. This painting is based on some photos taken during a fishing trip abroad my boat. The Betty Jane is…
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…