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Posted on August 19, 2008 by pearce

Here are a few tips for the lazy painter who really doesn’t like cleaning up and wants to save money. Wash your brushes in hot soap and water, not turpentine, wash your hands at the same time. Great for your … Continue reading →

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Bombers xi

Posted on August 12, 2008 by pearce

The dark spaces in between are most important in the early stages of a painting, the way I like to make them, anyway. I lay down the shapes of the dark shadows and work out from them, upward toward light. … Continue reading →

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Bombers x

Posted on August 9, 2008 by pearce

Because of technical difficulties at the old site the blog will be here at https://gildedraven.com from now on. Please bookmark it.  I worked on the hermit in Bombers, painting a velatura skin and emphasizing the shadows between the rocks in … Continue reading →

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As the crow flies VI

Posted on June 20, 2008 by pearce

Sandy sent this piece of Ted Hughes’ work as a comment. I thought it was fabulous, so here it is as a post too. Thanks for sending it Sandy.   Ted Hughes – From the Life and Songs of the Crow   … Continue reading →

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As the crow flies IV

Posted on June 17, 2008 by pearce

I spent the morning taking care of administration then got to work after lunch. The studio looks great right now after a big clean up courtesy of our student worker Marianne, who is doing a great job of getting things … Continue reading →

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As the crow flies II

Posted on June 16, 2008 by pearce

I have procrastinated long enough over this, and although I managed to spend a morning putting paintings away, tidying my office and taking care of some administrative stuff, then sharing a good lunch with my colleague Terry Spehar Fahey, who’s a … Continue reading →

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storm XXIII

Posted on May 10, 2008 by pearce

The great advantage of the studio tour day was that it tied me to the easel for the entire day. It was really nice to hang out with Larkin for the day too.        I got plenty of … Continue reading →

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Storm XXII

Posted on May 7, 2008 by pearce

The flower field. First layer of flowers over two layers of preparatory painting.   

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storm XXI

Posted on May 7, 2008 by pearce

The rose in the box, second layer.     Three floating feathers forming a triangle.  

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storm XX

Posted on May 6, 2008 by pearce

A productive day.  We have a beautiful rose garden next to our chapel here at the CLU campus. so I shot some close up pictures yesterday as reference material for the rose in the box. In the studio this morning I … Continue reading →

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