In the studio 3/20/16
I made progress on Euclid Avenue I this morning. Progress on the 48" x 60" painting has been slow at times. This canvas is from a stock of 'professional grade' canvases I bought some time back. The surfaces on…
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Flavored turpentine
Not so much flavored as customized. My medium is very drying, which I like immensely. I use it everyday but it has one minor flaw. When I'm painting a large area, my medium is sometimes…
In the studio 3/13/16
I've been working on paintings that take a lot of time recently, such as the lower one in this photo. The drawing in the bottom painting was done with pencil and then fixed with ink.…
In the studio 3/6/16
The Break is 40" x 50". I stretched a lot of 40" x 50" canvases last year and The Break is one of them. Some of the background is done, but the painting still has a…
In the studio 2/28/16
With over 30 figures in its 44" x 60" space, Picnic wants to careen into confusion. Which I do not want, so we argue. The central figure, by turning her back to us, adds her…
In the studio 2/21/16
Several busy days in the studio. I worked on 10-12 paintings over the past few days, including Sunday Parade. Sunday Parade is finally locked into a good place (even though I still haven't settled on its…
I bought some Lukas 1862 paint
In my Oil Paint Brand reference I ignore Lukas oils, assigning them to the student-grade category. Recently I purchased an assortment of their 1862 line, which is their premier line. The prices for the 1862 line…
In the studio 2/14/16
On the Square is part of my Playhouse Square series--a series of paintings with subjects taken from Cleveland's Playhouse Square. At 4' by 5', On the Square is at the outer limit for an easel painting. Any larger…