Category Archives: Paintings
Time
I don’t know how to stretch the day to be even more productive. This day was taken by some very pleasant events that were thoroughly enjoyable and laid groundwork for the future, but meant that I simply couldn’t get any … Continue reading
Jacket
The vertical monitor is incredibly helpful! I’m  so happy to have it to use as a tool. The boxes are nearly complete for the Beckett plays, so we’re well on the way to getting the pieces up and running for … Continue reading
Treat
A fantastic surprise arrived in the studio today – a sideway monitor that I can plug my computer into for showing reference pictures – now I can see images vertically instead of horizontally. This matters because it allows me to … Continue reading
Bert Green Fine Art opening reception
Good times in down town Los Angeles. There was a good turnout for the opening reception tonight, and with Artwalk tomorrow we’ll see a really big crowd at the gallery. The crows were very popular, and a couple of them … Continue reading
Sun in the Dawn Sky
After another busy day taking care of administrative stuff for the coming year I made it to the studio with my friend Rich Brimer, the landscape painter, where we spent a pleasant hour together. I painted while he sat and … Continue reading
Hillcrest
After a busy day taking care of administrative work for the new semester I took two paintings to the Hillcrest Center for the Arts in Thousand Oaks (Civic Center Drive Thousand Oaks, CA 91360)Â for a show there. I was last … Continue reading
Beckett plays
I spent a pleasant morning driving to Santa Barbara to meet up with everyone involved in the Beckett production that I’m designing for John Blondell. It looks as though the consensus of opinion is that everything should be as stripped … Continue reading
Head and sky
Finding a couple of spare hours in the studio, I cleaned brushes and got to work on the sky, using a Cobalt blue to the orange clouds on the upper right and repairing the error I made last time, caused … Continue reading
Silence
Apparently losing your speech doesn’t improve your painting. I’m down to whispering for short periods of time, then running out of words completely, and painting rubbish. I worked at the sky for a couple of hours today, totally failing to … Continue reading
Voiceless
I have totally lost my voice! It’s alarming to try to speak to visitors only to hear a croaking noise come out, although there’s something strangely pleasant about not being able to talk that I can’t quite put my finger … Continue reading