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Monthly Archives: September 2008
Justice, Temperance, teaching, ENVY and other news
I worked on a drawing for Justice today, producing a pretty decent rendering of a blindfolded woman, standing within a circle with a dress that doubles as a blade. The circle discretely becomes a yin yang symbol and includes the balance … Continue reading
Temperance vi
I’ve been thinking about how to express the deadly sins in these paintings so that there’s a counterpoint to the virtues, because as always I’m interested in the duality of good and evil. The opposite of temperance is gluttony. I’n … Continue reading
Posted in Alchemical work, Making work, The Cardinal Virtues
Tagged Alchemical work, painting
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Slideshow
Art Miler and Doug Barnett have put together a neat slideshow interview with me on the Kwan Fong Gallery website. Pretty cool. Check it out…
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Temperance v
Here’s a new sketch version of the painting. I like the way the image is going, but it feels static, probably because of the influence of the tarot versions of the virtues, which are very presentational. She’s standing on a … Continue reading
Time warp!
At Web.archive.org you can find a lot of stuff that was once on the web that would be gone forever if these guys hadn’t preserved it, including my old site! Quite a trip down memory lane. I grabbed some quotes … Continue reading
Temperance iv
I shopped with my kids for large overcoats for the painting, spending several cheery hours wandering down Melrose in Hollywood and Ventura Boulevard in the San Fernando Valley. Lots of stores to lease in Hollywood, while the Ventura strip seems … Continue reading
The Principle xii
Art Miller has posted some photos of the exhibit to the Kwan Fong gallery website, click the raven then scroll to the bottom of the page to find them. Â
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Temperance iii
I’m really interested in the angelic aspect of this painting. I don’t want to paint something that feels like it’s been done a million times. How do I express the idea an angel representing temperance in a contemporary way, to … Continue reading
Temperance ii
Planning for this painting has set me thinking more about the nature of temperance in the new millennium. The cardinal virtues are so out of date after a century of modernism that I suppose many of us aren’t that familiar … Continue reading
Pics from Art Miller
Art shot some pictures of the exhibit this morning for a slideshow he’s working on.Â
Posted in Alchemical work, As the crow flies, Black birds, Installation work, Life
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