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Oil Paint Brands Update
I updated the oil paint brand list with information about the binders used by some manufacturers (Blockx, Old Holland, Michael Hadring, Blue Ridge, and Holbein). I also downgraded my ratings for Blue Ridge. I prefer…
Main Street x2
Today I worked on these paintings. Both are titled 'Main Street.' Each is taken from a one-block area of--you guessed it--Main Street in our small town. #1 (bottom painting) might end up being called 'Antique…
Study: ‘The Call’ Part 5
The latest version of the study shows the painting much advanced. The modelling is done on the cement bench and pediment. [caption id="attachment_2899" align="aligncenter" width="555"] Painting titled 'The Call' in progress[/caption] The figure modeling needs…
Poem: Why do I remember this?
Why do I remember? I've carried this, and now--see?--here it is. Guided by a compulsion (that has never left me) I painted the walls of my mother's house the entire length of the hallway; floating…
Cleveland Museum of Art finishes renovations
After 8 years and $350 million, the Cleveland Museum of Art has--finally!--completed its ambitious renovations. The long awaited (by me) opening of the new West Wing's China, India and Southeast Asia collections means all collections are once…
Cold beauty of frozen Lake Erie
The long shadows from the afternoon sun transforms Lake Erie into an otherworldly landscape. During the winter the sun is in the southwestern sky. In the summer it moves over the lake; by June it…