Turpentine diaries 12/31/17
One day in the park at Playhouse Square, I saw a young lady sitting alone and eating her lunch. As usual, I was taking photos and I wanted to take some of her but I…
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Destroy that painting!
At the Whitney Biennal last spring, protestors made headlines when they demanded that the museum destroy an artwork they found offensive. The protesters didn't want the painting removed from the Biennial, they wanted it destroyed. The painting…
Turpentine diaries 12/17/17
I feel like Sisyphus. The batch of paintings that are working me over are all in mid-flight. I keep rolling the rock uphill but I haven't reached or even seen the crest of the hill. Not only…
Turpentine diaries 11/26/17
After flavoring my medium with additions for several days, today I used my normal medium. I worked on this painting during both of today's sessions. When the painting surface is right, as with this painting,…
Turpentine diaries 11/25/17
Yesterday's Thanksgiving holiday was wonderful at our house. We had three of our children here to share my wife's delicious turkey and stuffing. Daughter Jane baked an apple pie, and son Keith made deep-fried mac and cheese. …
Wonderful sun-thickened oil
I've written about my everyday-medium plenty of times. I frequently modify my medium for certain situations. Sometimes, for example, I add a little Venice turpentine to the regular turpentine I use in my medium. I add…
Turpentine journal 11/19/17
Upsidedown. It's useful to look at your paintings in mirrors or upsidedown, as I've down here. The old rule-of-thumb maintains that a painting should be balanced when looked at normally and in a mirror. That old…
Turpentine diaries 11/12/17
Today's session with Booth at the Fair is my 5th. By contrast, yesterday's sessions with On the Square was the 20th and final one. I have a long way to go with this painting. It's…