Bananas and Blue Napkin, oil on paper, image 6.5 x 8.25 in, (16.5 x 21 cm), 02/19/2009 … [Read more...]
Bananas and Teapot
Bananas and Teapot, oil on paper, image 6.5 x 8.25 in, (16.5 x 21 cm), 02/16/2009 … [Read more...]
Green Apple and Bananas
Green Apple and Bananas, oil on paper, image 6.5 x 8.25 in, (16.5 x 21 cm), 02/15/2009, SOLD … [Read more...]
Book Review
Still Life with Oysters and Lemon by Mark Doty, Beacon Press, 2001 A personal narrative about art, love, life and loss that is equal parts poetry and philosophy. In "Still Life with Oysters and Lemon", a small 17th century Dutch painting by Jan Davidsz de Heem is the catalyst for Mark Doty’s illuminating meditation on intimacy. His layered contemplation of the still life’s ordinary subject — … [Read more...]
Bananas and Bureau
Bananas on Bureau, oil on paper, image 6.5 x 8.25 in, (16.5 x 21 cm), 01/30/2009 … [Read more...]
Still-life with Teapot and Bananas
Teapot and Bananas; gouache, 7 x 9.25 in (17.8 x 23.5 cm), 1/19/09 … [Read more...]
Moleskine Drawings
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Still-life with Blue Napkin and Coconut
For a long time, I've been disappointed when my oil paintings did have the dynamic energy of my drawings. In this painting, that convergence is happening. This painting also shows the use of a natural glance for the casual arrangement of objects in the composition. Making gouache copies from master's paintings is proving not only to be fun and engaging but also to have unexpected benefits that … [Read more...]