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Category Archives: Making work
Temperance xi
Caitlyn is a fantastic model for this painting, I’m so pleased with the way the pictures turned out. I shot her as Temperance for the symbolic card with the two water vessels, and again for the big painting of all … Continue reading
Temperance viii
My friend who was going to drive us to Vegas in his Suburban with paintings and easels in a trailer has found a job that will occupy him over the weekend of the Alchemy conference, so I have to find … Continue reading
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“Add this” button
I found this neat widget that allows visitors to draw attention to the sites they like on social networks. It’s really easy – click on the button on the top right, choose the networks you use, and follow the simple … Continue reading
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Justice
Here’s a first draft for Justice. It’s far more stylized than the drawing for angelic temperance, but I’ll develop that drawing later. I’m enjoying this formal approach for a change. I think this is the natural progression from the very … Continue reading
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Tagged Tarot-related paintings
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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
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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
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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