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Category Archives: Other people’s work
Tarot Death, Renaissance emblem book
After dealing with administrative stuff there’s nothing better than getting into the studio and working on something creative. The administrative work is totally necessary if we’re going to improve the art department at the university, and I enjoy seeing projects … Continue reading
Mr. blue sky
If you want to make a really brilliant blue, red or yellow field in a painting one of the best ways to do it is to paint the area you’re looking at white, then put a coat of transparent paint … Continue reading
Just ice
I’ve been very preoccupied with getting things ready for Megan and Murray, who are coming to the gallery tonight, starting work on their installation for the university. After making sure that they had a place to stay I continued working on … Continue reading
Surveillance
 Boxing Jennifer is a painting I made for Jennifer Lynch (the director of Boxing Helena), who I’ve always been fond of. She has turned her life around recently, having just completed a new film called Surveillance which debuted at Cannes … Continue reading
Big
I’ve been working on the geomantic man piece and figuring out how I might eventually be satisfied with him. I’m re-silvering the dark blue ground around him down to a low horizon line where I’m planning to paint a line … Continue reading
Assemblage
The new exhibit is in the gallery, looking good. This has kept us pretty busy at the University for the week! Last touches today, putting the labels on each piece and getting the brochures from the printer, then picking up … Continue reading
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Preparing for gold
What a busy day this was. We needed to load out Sean Sobczak’s exhibit of Light Sculptures from the gallery, so I picked up the truck at nine then returned to the gallery to meet Sean at lunchtime. We packed … Continue reading
Darkness and Light
Now working on the light is beginning to really pay off. A black glaze over the background ragged off at the boundaries of a circle about the glowing orb has made the composition start to take more dramatic shape. The … Continue reading
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Amelia’s sky, sailing
I painted a glaze of Prussian Blue over the sky, taking it to a nice rich dark blue that I’m enjoying so much that the Prussian might supplant the Ultramarine blue in my choice of favorite blues. I love that … Continue reading
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Tagged Alchemical work, Amelia Earhart, elements, oils, painting, water
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Halloween
Busy day. The festival was a blast – less of a turnout than last year, but still a total treat to celebrate Samhain by putting on an event like this. We ate a crazy amount of pumpkin pie and enjoyed … Continue reading
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