A great day to work from photos
Headwaters of the Hudson (Lake Tear of the Clouds), 40X30, Oil on Canvas (Private Collection). I haven’t (surprise, surprise) bounced back quite as quickly as I expected, but I did manage to do some sketching while loitering in the hospital. Yesterday I catalogued reference photos that I need for my current project, in the hope that …
Someone’s creeping on me.
The painting that appears in Buck Rack Lake, now in the private collection of novelist Jay Giess. By little ol’ me, of course. Last month I was given a copy of Jay Giess’ new novel, Buck Rack Lake. It was inscribed “For Carol: see page 22, enjoy! Jay Giess.” I dutifully turned to page 22 …
Happy New Year!
The Last of England, 1855, Ford Madox Brown I pray that 2014 will be my year of long-sought escape from New York. (I’m not alone in this—New York barely holds its own in population, but the 52 counties outside the New York City area have been in a steady decline for decades. My home town of …
Everything I know about stretching canvases I learned in 4H
Start, as you always do, by squaring off the stretchers. Use a mallet to get them true and check all four corners. Last month I was building the large canvases for my spring show when Jane Bartlett stopped by. “Any bimbo can build a small canvas of cotton duck,” I fretted, “but sometimes these linen …
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Who’s crazy now?
The Prisoners, 1908, Käthe Kollwitz, from A Weaver’s Revolt. Yesterday, a reader sent me this, after commenting that Käthe Kollwitz’ Woman with Dead Child was a frightening drawing: “It is believed Käthe Kollwitz suffered from anxiety during her childhood due to the death of her siblings. More recent research suggests that Kollwitz may have suffered from a …