We’re back. After an interminable journey across the Atlantic we have arrived back to Californian warmth and long summery days. Our adventures in England were fantastic and will be the source of good memories for all of us who went on the trip. I spent today dealing with several hundred emails that have accumulated over [...]
Also tagged Tarot-related paintings1. Distillery Collective painter Gary Palmer is the guy on the left with his hand on the dread-locked woman (his sister Tracey). 2.Gallery owner Bert Green is the bald, goateed guy who looks very pleased with himself with an axe on his shoulder standing before the cross. 3.Los Angeles painter Christophe Cassidy is the guard with the rifle on his hip to [...]
Also tagged bert green, bob sexton, Crucifixion, figurative, gary palmer, jesus, lisa lock, Ogre, oil painting, sean sobczak, skinny puppyHere’s the sketch of the crucifixion. I noticed a couple of things worth commenting on. First, clearly at the time I made the initial drawing I had not researched the acacia – in this early version the tree was going to to be an olive. Second, I had intended to pose as the centurian [...]
Also tagged Crucifixion, figurative, oil paintingIf you’ve been visiting the blog to keep an eye on the progress I’ve made with the Aviator’s Dream, hold that thought. It’s the end of semester and I’ve been buried under grading and the poignant prospect of saying farewell to our senior art majors, who are finishing their time at CLU. I have been talking to [...]
Also tagged altar, art, cross, Crucifixion, jesus, oil, paintingThe great advantage of the studio tour day was that it tied me to the easel for the entire day. It was really nice to hang out with Larkin for the day too. I got plenty of work done to the painting, darkening the sky and ocean with a deep dark blue [...]
Also tagged art, daedalus, icarus, oils, painting, ravenA productive day. We have a beautiful rose garden next to our chapel here at the CLU campus. so I shot some close up pictures yesterday as reference material for the rose in the box. In the studio this morning I worked on laying in some darker and lighter areas to give it some shape, tricky [...]
Also tagged Alchemical work, art, daedalus, icarus, oils, painting, ravenThe second photo is by Ethan Pearce Continuing my pursuit of those melancholy birds as research for the “Aviator’s Dream” painting, this morning we walked the trusty hound to the park, seeking out ravens as we went. It seems that they enjoy the comfort of their beds on a Sunday morning as much as [...]
Also tagged Alchemical work, art, daedalus, icarus, oils, painting, ravenI’ve been watching ravens recently. That’s presumably why Daedalus (I might as well name the guy on the left at this point…) has black raven’s wings. They’re fascinating animals that have been present in my life since I was a child at boarding school, where there was a colony of them in the trees next [...]
Also tagged art, daedalus, icarus, oils, painting, raven
