Mountain Retreat
The beautiful painting Clouds Visiting a Mountain Retreat is currently on view at the Cleveland Art Museum. The museum regularly rotates its vast Asian collection, and new works (new to me) are frequently to be…
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In the studio 3/1/15
I worked the past several days on finishing the under-painting of The Woman in Purple Boots. The Woman in Purple Boots is 40" x 50" which is a nice size and format. I'm thinking of preparing a…
Linseed or walnut?
Linseed oil or walnut oil? Linseed oil has always been more widely used, but walnut oil has its defenders--sometimes passionate defenders. Leonardo was one such. Walnut oil yellows less than linseed oil, but it's relative.…
In the studio 2/22/15
This 30" x 40" oil was almost among the unfinished paintings recently purged. Instead, things started clicking during yesterday's session. I will finish it. [caption id="attachment_4755" align="aligncenter" width="444"] The unfinished painting titled 'K.B. in Princeton'…
In the studio 2/18/15
The under-painting is done on The Photographer. All color areas are close to their planned final tone. Having said that, no part of the painting is finished; with the figure being the least finished. I'm…
The lady who gave up
Fresh off the boat that summer; I was a wide-eyed kid in New York for the first time. I gorged myself on galleries and museums. I was as fresh and raw as a nineteen-year-old can be. One…
Ladies Celebrating Diwali
What are they doing? What's happening in this dark and mysterious scene? The full moon broods over several women holding lights or sparklers over their heads, much as revelers in the U.S. do on the 4th of…