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Monthly Archives: March 2009
Sticks and stones
I’m working on getting these hands right, and moving over to the lad on the right side of the painting. It’s been surprisingly humid here this past few days, so the paint is taking a long time to dry, narrowing … Continue reading
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Clearing the Sun
I thought I would add a little to the previous post by commenting that the hair on the boy on the left is grey now so that it can become blonde later – in the next layer I’ll put some … Continue reading
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Sun son
Back in the studio at last, working on the face of my son, who is both of the twins in this painting. I like to redefine the features of the face and hands at least twice during the process of … Continue reading
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McMillans
We had a very successful opening reception last night at the gallery, celebrating the work of Murray and Megan McMillan, who have been resident artists at CLU for a couple of weeks. A very nice crowd showed up for the … Continue reading
Posted in Exhibits, Life, Openings, Other people's work, Performance / lecture
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Ganymede
I feel a little foolish posting the second picture, because it represents so little actual painting work, but quite a lot of investigation into the background of Temperance in the renaissance symbolism that lies behind the tarot cards of the … Continue reading
Complete Justice
I had a little window of opportunity to fill this afternoon, so while Death dried behind me I set to work putting the finishing details onto Justice, including a delicate balance suspended from her hand. I decided to make a very … Continue reading
Death
  Here’s the complete first layer of the bone man. I did a bit of research on scythes, being uncertain of the appearance of those  found in the old cards because I remember using one when I was a kid mowing … Continue reading
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Bones
I haven’t painted a complete skeleton for a very long time – I think since I was a student at Swindon College of Art and Design in 1983, which seems a ridiculously long time ago – so working on the … Continue reading
Tarot Death, Renaissance emblem book
After dealing with administrative stuff there’s nothing better than getting into the studio and working on something creative. The administrative work is totally necessary if we’re going to improve the art department at the university, and I enjoy seeing projects … Continue reading
Mineral alchemy
I got back to the lab today, after quite a long break, spending a very pleasant hour with my friend John Tannacci, who  helped me to begin heating the ground up sandstone from the Red Rock Canyon in an electric … Continue reading
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