Fall ended abruptly with light snow and bitter cold. Today’s high is 19. Here’s the new shed seen from the studio door–the old studio door. This shed enabled me to convert the garage into a studio. The old studio might look cluttered in this photo but it’s nearly emptied of paintings, canvases, and supplies. I…
Category: Paintings
Paintings, Shop Talk, Studio Corner
In the studio 11/9/2014
by
•Paintings, Shop Talk, Studio Corner
In the studio 11/2/14
by
•This is the first time I’ve shown this painting, titled Three Girls. Today’s painting session was the fourth. The underpainting is finished and this morning I started the over-painting. The stretcher is 40″ x 50″ and old; it’s not heavy duty, it’s like the thinner ones you see on smaller paintings. But waste not, want…
Paintings, Shop Talk, Studio Corner
In the studio 10/26/2014
by
•Bio, Paintings, Shop Talk, Studio Corner, Uncategorized
In the studio: 10/19/14
by
•I worked on this small painting this morning. I am still working on the underpainting but it’s far enough along to show. I used to be phobic about people commenting on unfinished work. I used to hate–I mean hate–it when people visited my studio unannounced. They would inevitably comment about the unfinished work piled everywhere. Even…
Art Museums, Paintings, Reviews, Uncategorized
Review: The Art of Slowing Down in a Museum
by
•In her recent New York Times article, The Art of Slowing Down in a Museum, Stephanie Rosenbloom admonishes us to slow down when we visit museums. 20 minutes, she says, in front of a single work of art provides the most therapeutic experience. She sights several studies and experiments to buttress her argument, but essentially she’s pulled…
Bio, Paintings, Studio Corner, Uncategorized
In the studio 10/12/14
by
•Today’s session was the third painting session for The Photographer (32″ x 48″). The under-painting is nearly finished–one more session. Because it’s a single female figure, it reminds me of the recently finished The Explainer. I didn’t get much done this week. The flu shot I got on Monday–DO NOT get a flu shot when you’re…