This morning’s palette
This is the state of my palette after taking it from overnight storage. I clean the palette each morning with a scrapper and remove dried colors. Often, if no colors dried overnight, I'll start right…
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In the studio 6/26/16
My journey with Picnic is meandering. Originally, there were a lot of figures in the background. Then, deciding that was too distracting, I took out many of them. That's when the painting stalled. Eventually, I…
In the studio 6/22/16
Sometimes I have to sneak up on a painting. It took me awhile to identify what was bugging me about Break Time. The background behind the right-hand figure didn't please me, so I corrected it…
In the studio 6/19/16
I am into the overpainting phase with Parade. although the surface is still very matte. No part is exactly done. [caption id="attachment_6183" align="aligncenter" width="888"] 'Parade' on the easel[/caption] Yesterday's morning session went poorly. I couldn't…
In the studio 6/12/16
I went to our Main Street three separate times to take photographs for this composition. I won't bore you with why it took three trips. I finally got photos I can use and cobbled together several…
In the studio 6/4/16
Main Street #1 is another painting based on Vermilion's Main St. I already finished Main Street #2 even though I started it after #1. [caption id="attachment_6031" align="aligncenter" width="600"] 'Main Street #1'[/caption] I plan several more…
In the studio 5/27/16
These small still lifes are based on photos I took during a trip to Colorado with my son, Garth. I started both of them the same morning, the upper one first. The larger one is 24"…
In the studio 5/22/16
This painting, Two Women at Playhouse Square is 30" x 36." As the name implies, it's part of my Playhouse Square series. I did the smaller study in neutral grays earlier this year. The painting…