In the studio 5/1/16
It’s raw and cold for a May day in NE Ohio. It feels more like March than May–rainy, gray, and windy. A woman asked me why I don’t spend more…
In the studio 4/26/16
After a long hiatus, I worked on Washington Square Park again. How many times have I reworked the background? Well, are you going to tell me or not? OK, it’s…
In the studio 4/24/16
My work today on Spring was all blues: ultramarine blue-violet on the blouses of the outer-most figures; cerulean blue and black on the pants of the middle woman. Magnesium blue and Veronese…
In the studio 4/3/16
I was busy today. I got into a groove and worked on several paintings. These two are the last ones that I worked on. When I finally put the brush…
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…
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…
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…
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…