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Category Archives: Making work
Revolution!
In my old essay “The Reluctant Death of Modernism” I was extremely critical of modernist art and the twentieth century rejection of technical ability that truncated the careers of many excellent painters, particularly our cultural failure to offer them training … Continue reading
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Storm xxiii
I put on a velatura of red iron oxide, white and naples yellow to begin fleshing out the face of poor Amelia. She’ll need a bit of tweaking to finish her up, but she’s pretty close. I’m not happy with … Continue reading
Storm xxii
I took poor Amelia’s face off with some fine grit sandpaper. The eye was in the wrong place, the nose was hopeless, so she’s temporarily faceless. Not to worry, I quickly rebuilt her structure, at least the en grisaille layer, … Continue reading
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The Golden Bowl VI
I continued to build the first layers of the painting by adding an en grisaille layer to the flesh and beginning to build the composition. I think the black rectangular area behind the central figure will become a megalith – … Continue reading
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Fama Finished Redux ii
I added some golden highlights into the hair of the man, and touched the edge of the bowl with the same. It makes the illusion that the setting sun is catching the edge of the hair and lighting it up. … Continue reading
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Fama Finished Redux
I picked up Fama from Rich’s home this morning, where it had been tucked away after a show last month when I was unable to pick it up myself. Once I got to the studio I put it on an … Continue reading
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Stretch
I painted more ivy today, which brings the Aviator’s Dream dangerously close to completion. The crucifixion got a glaze coat over the blacks to make the quality of the finish more consistent, leaving only that face to deal with. So … Continue reading
Storm xxi
The ivy is thoroughly laid in now, still pretty crude, but you can see the structure of it. After I shot these pictures I continued to paint the leaves upward on the side of Amelia’s body. I really like the … Continue reading
In a week
I’m really pleased with the way the week has gone. I’ve made significant progress on four pieces, nearly completing two major works and getting some serious work done on the new gallery website. I must confess that I’m concerned with producing … Continue reading
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The Golden Bowl iv
Here’s the drawing with the fifth figure added to the right side. There’s still some tweaking to be done: in particular I’m not thrilled with the figure on the left. I gave him a book, but it doesn’t really work, … Continue reading
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