Oil of Cloves
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Read more: Transferring Designs to Canvas
I routinely transfer designs as I rework subjects in various mediums. There are several standard methods for…
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Read more: Turpentine Tip
Put some Venice turpentine into your everyday turpentine (10:1 turpentine to Venice turpentine). You could…
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Read more: Spray Varnish
Varnish is a sore subject. I’ve nearly spoiled some of my own paintings with poor…
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Read more: In the Studio 2/17/2013
A productive day with a lot of good sunlight. I finished two self-portraits this morning…
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Read more: The Galleries at CSU
I visited Cleveland State U’s new gallery space on Euclid today. Neither of the two…
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Read more: Gaertner at the Cleveland Museum of Art
I’m an idiot, but you already knew that. After writing about discovering Frederick Gaertner in…
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Read more: On the Easel Feb. 10, 2013
Picasso said he became an artist because he wanted to have his own collection of…
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Read more: Julie Friedman at Busta Gallery
In her show, Perennial Shift, at the William Busta Gallery, Julie Friedman exhibits a print maker’s love of process. Initially, the pieces…
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Read more: In the Studio 1.27.13
Lake Erie finally froze this week. When the Lake freezes, a giant marker highlights ‘winter’…
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Read more: Book Thief
In the summer before third grade, we moved to a small town far from Dayton.…