Nobody knows the trouble I’ve seen
Change is hard. Embrace it. At the End of the Rainbow, oil on canvasboard, 16X20, $2029 framed. This weekend, I received a frame back from a gallery, unwrapped, battered and bruised. Some galleries treat artists’ work with shocking disrespect, so there’s no news there. However, it’s a large, expensive frame and there’s coffee splattered all …
Monday Morning Art School: Narrative painting
The public’s embrace of plein air painting tells us that our audience, too, is hungry for a good story. The Veteran in a New Field, 1865, by Winslow Homer, courtesy Metropolitan Museum of Art. Painted at the end of the Civil War, it’s a poignant metaphor for the coming demilitarization. The human mind is …
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With first world problems come first-world responsibilities
Our workloads are tailored to the times we live in. None of us can balance a 21st century job and a 19th century lifestyle. Hard drive and bubble wrap, 6X8, oil on canvasboard, Carol L. Douglas, $435 framed or $348 unframed, shipping included. I first glimpsed our new economic reality a year ago, when I damaged …
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Freedom from want
If you say grace tomorrow, you could do worse than thanking God for the four freedoms enumerated by Franklin D. Roosevelt. Freedom from Want, 1943, Norman Rockwell I had a painting teacher who hated Norman Rockwell. She was in agreement with the art establishment of her time, which derided him as ‘just an illustrator.’ They also …
Monday Morning Art School: drawing the human hand
Hands are worth mastering because they speak about our experiences and character. Study of a Woman’s Hands, 1490, charcoal and silverpoint, Leonardo da Vinci, courtesy Royal Collection, London I wish I’d had the opportunity to study with one of the comic book greats like Jack Kirby or Steve Ditko. They had a gift for compressing …
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