Except for one nice weekend, this has been The Winter That Never Ends. It’s below freezing and overcast with high winds–grrr. A good day to stay inside and work on paintings, right? Here’s a shot of recent efforts. The big painting, ‘The Gift,’ was finished this morning. None of the others shown are near being…
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Paintings, Studio Corner, Uncategorized, Vermilion, OH
In the Studio 3/17/13
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Poor light yesterday, Saturday, but good light today. The lake came alive this week and although it’s cold–mid-30’s–the waves and whitecaps already remind me of summer. Here’s a shot of some of the things I worked on today. I finished the drawing of the larger one and decided to plunge ahead and start the under-painting.…
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In the Studio 3/10/2013
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With the temperatures near 70, it felt like Spring. What a difference a week makes! Keith got his baseball stuff out and John and I went to the marina to inspect the Betty Jane. All boats are still in dry dock, of course, but we were not the only ones inspecting their boat. The ice…
Paintings, Studio Corner, Uncategorized, Vermilion, OH
In the Studio 3/3/2013
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The light was poor this morning but improved as the day worn on; eventually the sun made an appearance. March has been an extension of February which was an extension of January–in other words, it’s been non-stop winter. This photo was taken early this morning. The lake looks like a stretch of Siberian tundra. Got…
Cleveland, Paintings, Studio Corner, Uncategorized, Vermilion, OH
In the Studio 2/17/2013
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A productive day with a lot of good sunlight. I finished two self-portraits this morning (a gouache and another pastel-gouache), almost finished the drawing for a new still life (oil), then worked on the oils in the accompanying photo this afternoon. Why so many self-portraits lately? It’s not because I’ve developed a new found self-fascination–hell…
Paintings, Studio Corner, Uncategorized, Vermilion, OH
On the Easel Feb. 10, 2013
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Picasso said he became an artist because he wanted to have his own collection of paintings. That sounds apocryphal but if he didn’t say it, he should have. I’ve been working on these pieces these two days. Working on a painting about being on The Betty Jane and fishing is especially apt on a cold…
Studio Corner, Vermilion, OH
In the Studio 1.27.13
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Lake Erie finally froze this week. When the Lake freezes, a giant marker highlights ‘winter’ and shouts WINTER. Often, after many storms, the snow and ice are thrown into huge mountains that reach amazing height and transform the Lake into a silent, alien world. I took this shot from the studio window at first light. …
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Book Thief
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In the summer before third grade, we moved to a small town far from Dayton. The ramshackle house we rented was across the street from the public library. With its pink-marble columns, the library seemed to exist in another world. I began spending all of my free time there. My frequent visits to the library…