Lemon, oil on linen panel, 5 x 7 inch (13 x 18 cm), 06/29/2010 … [Read more...]
Lemon
Lemon
Lemon, oil on linen panel, 5 x 7 inch (13 x 18 cm), 06/28/2010 … [Read more...]
Bananas and Blue Napkin
For my recent series of oil paintings on paper, I prepared Arches 300 lb. cold press watercolor paper with two or three coats of acrylic matte medium. Re-reading notes from a workshop, I discovered that the recommendation was for one coat of matte medium followed by two coats of acrylic gesso. No wonder too much oil was being absorbed from the paint. Learn by doing — that's what works. ABOVE: … [Read more...]
Teapot and Lemon
Teapot and Lemon, oil on paper, image 6.5 x 8.25 in, (16.5 x 21 cm), 02/14/2009 … [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...]
Butter Pot, Green Apple, and Lemon
Butter Pot, Green Apple, and Lemon, oil on paper, image 6.5 x 8.25 in, (16.5 x 21 cm), 02/02/2009 … [Read more...]
Postcard
Today marks the completion of several intersecting projects that I have worked on in the last three months. My website is updated with work from this year: it has a new structure, changed from being grouped by medium to being grouped by year or by genre. Two paintings for two shows are framed and donated, both to fund raisers: one for a non-profit gallery, the other for Aids Action. And the blog … [Read more...]
Teapot with Knife and Lemon
Teapot with Knife and Lemon, oil on linen panel, 5 x 7 in (12.7 x 17.78 cm), 8/19/2008 Teapot with Knife and Lemon, oil on linen gatorboard, 8 x 10 in (20.32 x 25.4 cm), 8/15/08 … [Read more...]