Friday, June 27, 2008

A Stranger Walks In

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No, not a title of a 40's film noir flick but an event that occurred at my studio today. A 60 year old gentleman with a pony tail, casu...
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Tuesday, June 24, 2008

On My Easel and Behind My Easel

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I took on a botched illustration job that a designer friend of mine had farmed out. The illustrator refused to take any art direction. That ...
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Monday, June 16, 2008

Glass Anyone?

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You need to paint say a wine glass, bottle, vase or window, and you ask yourself, "what's to paint?" How can I paint something...
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Wednesday, June 11, 2008

Minor Detail?

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You are seeing the last two of three iterations of an acrylic painting of Yosemite Falls (20"X60", stretched canvas). The first pa...
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Monday, June 9, 2008

Artistic Ingenuity is Alive and Well!

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An earlier post this year showed an old photograph of one of my heroes, John Singer Sargent on a boat with an umbrella shading his little po...
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Wednesday, June 4, 2008

Subtle Hue/Value Variation...or...Playing with Color and Darks and Lights until the Cows come Home

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Damn! I'm outta time! To be continued. Next day...now I'm continuing...if I've said it once, I've said it a billion times, ...
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Sunday, June 1, 2008

My Day Was Made in a New York Minute by my blog friend in St. Croix

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Today I received a "You Make My Day" award from a fellow acrylic artist in Saint Croix (Virgin Islands?) who got one from a blogst...
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