Daily Archives: July 25, 2008

The Golden Bowl vii

Posted on July 25, 2008 by pearce

A good day today, completing the preliminary en grisaille layer of all the figures. I will need to consider the background carefully, but the piece is well on the way. Obviously there will be a lot of cleaning up to … Continue reading →

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Revolution!

Posted on July 25, 2008 by pearce

In my old essay “The Reluctant Death of Modernism” I was extremely critical of modernist art and the twentieth century rejection of technical ability that truncated the careers of many excellent painters, particularly our cultural failure to offer them training … Continue reading →

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Storm xxiii

Posted on July 25, 2008 by pearce

I put on a velatura of red iron oxide, white and naples yellow to begin fleshing out the face of poor Amelia. She’ll need a bit of tweaking to finish her up, but she’s pretty close. I’m not happy with … Continue reading →

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