Tag Archives: painting

Symbolism

Posted on May 11, 2008 by pearce

During the open studio tour yesterday someone from Albania asked me about the symbolism in my paintings, pointing at a variety of objects and figures and questioning me in some detail about what they meant. At first I found this … Continue reading →

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Ravens

Posted on May 10, 2008 by pearce

  The great black bird hunt continues. I haven’t seen any ravens at the University, so I hope to find some in the national forest lands near our home.  I did manage to catch this guy in a tree, looking … 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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Storm XIX

Posted on May 4, 2008 by pearce

    The second photo is by Ethan Pearce    Continuing my pursuit of those melancholy birds as research for the “Aviator’s Dream” painting, this morning we walked the trusty hound to the park, seeking out ravens as we went. It seems … Continue reading →

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Storm XVIII

Posted on May 3, 2008 by pearce

I’ve been watching ravens recently. That’s presumably why Daedalus (I might as well name the guy on the left at this point…) has black raven’s wings. They’re fascinating animals that have been present in my life since I was a … Continue reading →

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storm XVII

Posted on May 1, 2008 by pearce

I couldn’t resist it. Here’s Daedalus…       First layer only, I’ll grey the wings back a little so they aren’t quite as dominant. Isn’t he lovely. I think Icarus needs wings too, but his will be white. I tried giving … Continue reading →

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Crucifixion

Posted on April 29, 2008 by pearce

  I pulled out this old friend from the closet where it has been hidden away for six years! It took about two years to get it to this point and I simply couldn’t stand to look at it any … Continue reading →

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