In the studio 10/2/16
I've titled this painting Sunday, then Parade, and now I'm calling it Sunday Parade. Let's see how long that lasts. This painting is at the fun stage. When I get a painting to this stage,…
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In the studio 9/25/16
I ended the day with a session with Spring. The canvas I used for this painting is the remnant of some cheap duck I bought long ago and forgot about. I should have never found it.…
In the studio 9/24/16
Main Street #1 is almost done; I can smell it. I plan on taking my high school-age son and some of his friends down to Main Street in our town and take a lot of…
Drawing, drawing, drawing
Drawing is the heart and soul of art. If the drawing is strong, you have to work hard to screw up a painting. If the drawing is weak, you have to work hard to just produce…
In the studio 9/5/16
I am tired this evening so this is just a brief note. This painting is part of my Playhouse Square series. It's not done but it is moving briskly. It's 40" x 50."
In the studio 8/28/16
This painting is still raggedy; some parts, such as the hair, are barely started. The thing I'm not happy with is the title: Phone Call on Main Street. It's not so much a title as…
In the studio 8/27/16
Jane and Keith Aboard the Betty Jane is taking some time to bring into port. I like the painting--don't get me wrong--but it represents a direction that I turned away from. But I've decided to turn…
In the studio 8/21/16
Today, I went back to the paintings in the Playhouse Square series. I spent a day or two working on other paintings and the drawing for a new painting (not in the series). I don't experiment…