Tag Archives: painting

Blah!

Posted on August 7, 2008 by pearce

I had a terrible time painting today! Nothing went right and I ended up wiping away what I had done. (Thank goodness oil paint is so forgiving.) I stretched a new 48″ by 72″ canvas ready for new work. I’ll … Continue reading →

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The Golden Bowl xi

Posted on August 6, 2008 by pearce

I painted a beautiful face for the girl on the lower left of the painting today, then for some reason decided that it wasn’t quite right and wiped it away. This was an error because for the next twenty minutes … Continue reading →

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Bombers viii

Posted on August 1, 2008 by pearce

I searched through my pictures for a long time this morning, looking for my landscape shots from the trip I made up there in December. Somehow I misplaced all of the horizontal images in the computer, and couldn’t find them … Continue reading →

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Falling off ii

Posted on July 8, 2008 by pearce

The reason I mentioned that my wife’s a Scorpio and I’m a Virgo is that I think the falling figure will be a virginal girl falling upward toward the Scorpio constellation. This one’s a mixture of dream and reality. In … Continue reading →

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Winding Up

Posted on July 7, 2008 by pearce

This morning I took some of my students to the art supply store to pick up materials for their summer school class. I’m teaching a basic painting class at CLU, in Thousand Oaks over the summer. It’s a great way … Continue reading →

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Sources

Posted on July 6, 2008 by pearce

The sources I use for making the work I show vary: some of it comes from my research into prehistoric British megalithic sites, and the correspondences I find there with Pythagoras, alchemy and archaic religions. Imagery from alchemy is so … 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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Crucifixion / Altarpiece?

Posted on May 13, 2008 by pearce

If you’ve been visiting the blog to keep an eye on the progress I’ve made with the Aviator’s Dream, hold that thought. It’s the end of semester and I’ve been buried under grading and the poignant prospect of saying farewell … Continue reading →

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