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Category Archives: Life
Classical Underground
I couldn’t make my phone load the photo for yesterday’s post, so here it is this morning: Jove Wang, Me, Alexey Steele, Rich Brimer and Scott Tallman Powers at Alexey’s Classical Underground.
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Morning Shadows
After a few days of feeling completely exhausted and running a fever I forced myself to get to the studio this evening, not achieving anything monumental, but making at least a little progress on the Empress. Because it’s been a … Continue reading
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Ivy Creeps
Despite the day being turned upside down yesterday by a cancelled plane flight to England, resulting in many phone calls and waiting for hours to get through to Virgin Atlantic (no luck) I made it into the studio to paint … Continue reading
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Unity of Purpose
Sometimes we meet people whose understanding of the world so reflects our own that there is an immediate sense of brotherhood, with a shared unity of purpose that makes us feel stronger by association. Meeting yesterday with Tony Pro, Novorealist Alexey … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Novorealist, Soapbox
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Stanhope
John Roddam Spencer Stanhope Love and the Maiden (detail). Here’s a detail of a fabulous example of late Victorian painting. She’s fantastic, isn’t she? I found her quite by accident at the Legion of Honor Gallery in San Francisco’s Golden … Continue reading
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Photoshop
I continued working out the composition in Photoshop, creating an elevation of the wall with the furniture in place so that I can see how the figures are going to work in relationship to the environment. I’m looking forward to … Continue reading
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Epic
We had an exciting time hanging the giant canvas onto the wall. This painting of the virtues is by far the most ambitious project I’ve considered, and I’m really looking forward to getting started on it. I have yet to … Continue reading
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A wall
Wow! After a day of clearing the studio out, yesterday the contractor got busy and threw up the framing for the wall in a day, even sheet-rocking one side all the way to the roof. Today they returned and added … Continue reading
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Stepping out
I’ve finished the brown layer of the skulls, which means that everything should start moving a bit faster now. I’m very pleased to see how much the painting has opened out, with the skulls streaming out off the sides of … Continue reading
Posted in Angel, Life, Making work, Other people's work, Sources, Tarot-related paintings, The Traveler
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Wrapping up the skulls
I’m on the home stretch of the skulls now, with only the top of the left side to do, and they’re going pretty smoothly. I got into the studio early today so I could watch the world cup game between … Continue reading
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