papers, oil on panel, 16 x 20, 2012
kleenex, oil on panel, 20 x 16, 2012
clementines, oil on panel, 20 x 16, 2012
blue studio, oil on panel, 20 x 16, 2012
grey studio, oil on panel, 20 x 16, 2012
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2nd Semester
Oil paintings
Here are oil paintings that I presented last week in end of the semester critiques. There are approximately 30 graduate students in two classes. Reviewers include faculty, visiting artists, graduate and undergraduate students, and visitors. Everyone is encouraged to respond to the work and ask questions of the presenting artists. This process provides direction for second semester work.
Clementines in bag — oil on linen panel, 8 x 8 inches (20 x 20 cm), 2011
Pitcher and oil jar — oil on linen panel, 8 x 8 inches (20 x 20 cm), 2011
Olives and oranges — oil on wood panel, 9 x 12 inches (23 x 30 cm), 2011
Geranium — oil on wood panel, 22 x 15 inches (56 x 38 cm), 2011
Flower on red table — oil on linen, 24 x 24 inches (61 x 61 cm), 2011
Orange on grey table — oil on linen, 22 x 20 inches (56 x 51 cm), 2011
Kimono and flowers — oil on wood panel, 15 x 22 inches (38 x 56 cm), 2011
Apples and teapot — oil on wood panel, 12 x 9 inches (30 x 23 cm), 2011
Pitcher and knife — oil on wood panel, 11 x 15 inches (28 x 38 cm), 2011
Mid-term
I was given the gift of borrowing a green and red Japanese kimono wedding gown to set up in my studio with a vase of silk flowers. It’s a spectacular opportunity for color, pattern and drama.
Flowers, oil on linen, 22 x 20 inches (56 x 51 cm), 10/28/11
Flowers, gouache, 6 x 6 inches (15 x 15 cm), 10/26/11
Kimono, acrylic on paper, 36 x 22 inches (91 x 56 cm), 10/21/11
Visual critique homework in response to oil paintings by two colleagues:
Demoiselles d’Hollywood — 3 ages of woman; gouache, 10 x 6.5 inches (25 x 17 cm), 10/27/11
Venus Endormie d’Headphones, gouache, 6.5 x 10 inches (17 x 25 cm), 10/27/11
Our Wednesday night model didn’t show up so students took turns posing for the class.
Pink Jacket and Shoes, gouache, 10 x 6.5 inches (25 x 17 cm), 10/26/11
October Light
I continue to begin most days with drawings of the city from my studio windows using sumi ink and bamboo pen. The process led to an acrylic on paper painting in a larger than usual size. Using black and white has been extremely helpful to organize space more coherently. This week the color yellow made its appearance.
City, acrylic on paper, 26 x 40 inches ( 66 x 102 cm), 10/13/11
The evening figure class instructor changes the context of the set-up each week. This time the wall was covered with colorful posters. Two brilliant silk kimonos were hung on easels along with a vase of artificial flowers. The model sat among it all. It was important to use color, so I ran to my studio down the hall to collect my gouache materials.
Figure & kimono, gouache on paper, 15 x 11 inches ( 38 x 28 cm), 10/12/11
The process of visual critique that we engage in for homework continues to be a fascinating divergence from the sometimes tortured efforts of verbal response in what is familiarly know as “crits.” Edvard Munch’s painting The Scream, an image that launched countless illustration knock-offs, rivaled only by Grant Wood’s American Gothic in frequency, inspired my response to the open fig. I had anticipated doing a natural version of the hamburger; the cows arrived of their own accord. Two days later I developed the idea in oil paint.
Fig Scream, sumi ink & bamboo pen, 10 x 10 inches (25 x 25 cm), 10/10/11
Hamburger and Cows, sumi ink & bamboo pen, 10 x 10 inches (25 x 25 cm), 10/10/11
Cows and hamburger, oil on wood panel, 10 x 10 inches (25 x 25 cm), 10/12/11
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