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Category Archives: Making work
Devil in the details
I’ve been breaking down the composition of the Devil painting today, making construction lines on the canvas and sketching a little. I’m going to need a couple of models for this one, a man and a woman to pose as … Continue reading
Devil
I enjoyed spending an afternoon with Sean Sobczak, the light sculptor and my old friend. He’s posed for me several times now, twice as Christ, as a member of the crowd at the crucifixion and now as a swordsman and … Continue reading
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Ready…
I’ve been taking care of administrative work this last couple of days, in a rare fit of wanting to keep out of the studio for a couple of days after the intense work that went into getting the installations into … Continue reading
Trepidation and Joy
Here’s a sight to simultaneously inspire trepidation and joy in the heart of any artist. A freshly swept and mopped studio with four eight feet by eight feet panels laid out along the wall waiting to have canvas stretched on … Continue reading
About the show
I’ve installed a number of paintings and objects into the gallery that may seem to have odd relationships to each other, and indeed, some of these things are there simply because they are peculiar – but there’s another dimension to … Continue reading
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Cabinet of Alchemical Wonders
Jason and I worked hard today installing the show, with great success. It’s really coming along nicely, with most of the lights on the tree, most of the gravel down and the paintings in place and half way hung. I’ve … Continue reading
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Here comes the Man
Here’s the corner of the painting showing where the grey blue areas radiate from the bottom of the solar circle. There’s a little more work to do, particularly cleaning up the feet by doing a little lining to define them … Continue reading
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Simplicity
Sometimes it’s the simplest things that make all the difference to a painting. I’ve been scratching my head worrying about what to do with the bottom half of the Geomantic Man painting for a very long time, so arriving at … Continue reading
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Universal
I’ve been putting wires on paintings and preparing for the show, booked up a van to bring the canvases to Glendale, and started writing commentary for each piece. On the other side of my brain I’ve been thinking about what … Continue reading
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Take it slow
I took time for myself to get all the mundane stuff of life taken care of this morning – laundry especially – so after a Sunday afternoon nap I finally got to work at about four o’clock. I forget to … Continue reading
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