June 2010
3 posts
An excuse for color
I start some paintings so I can play with color — and I don’t realize it until I”m in to the third or fourth wash. This subject is actually quite drab and the composition is simple. The challenge for me is to make it interesting without a lot of “this and that” in the drawing to lure the viewer in. I’m not sure that is a great reason to do a...
Inspiration...
I really don’t believe all things happen for a reason but our recent experience in Montreal made me rethink my position! We chose a hotel online — simply because we liked the online photos (dangerous…) and it was in Old Montreal. We walked into the lobby to check in and, OH MY GOSH. I’m looking at original art that I recognize and love on their walls! Lots of it!
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Finding the base
I’m back in the studio! With so many distractions over the last few weeks…months…actually, a couple of years….I’m trying to create a new studio schedule. Schedule isn’t a happy word for most people but for me it is insurance. I need the promise that there will be time in every day for making art. I’m not sure about most things in this world but that...