Abstract-Expressionism bails me out
Underpainting of a hailstorm. That’s painting #6 underpainted; one more to go. When I had a composition problem on this underpainting of a hailstorm, I reached back to an old friend: the color field painter Clyfford Still. Living on the Lake Plains as I do, I know that a level field is perfect for growing …
How many artists does it take to screw in a light bulb?
Much better. Underpainting done. Boys remain, rocks have changed. I decided to take one more look at Friday’s painting before scraping out the boys on the rocks and repainting them. I used Photoshop to analyze the painting; it’s much easier to hit CTRL-Z than spend three hours repainting something you shouldn’t have changed. Turns out …
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Three boys in search of a painting
It’s easier to remove the kids when you haven’t really painted them completely, but, darn, they’re cute! This is the second time I’ve tried to put these three boys in a painting, and the second time it’s been an awkward fail. It’s hard for me to just excise them, since I’m fond of them. They’re …
Made without hands
Diptych with Saint John the Baptist and St. Veronica, right panel, by Hans Memling, c. 1470. Nothing divides the Christian world faster than the subject of idols. Protestants generally follow Clement of Alexandria, who wrote, “For we are not to delineate the faces of idols, we who are prohibited to cleave to them; nor a …
How’d that happen?
Underpainting (incomplete) of river snags, 48X36, by little ol’ me My friend Sandy Sibley told me that my underpainting of northern lights reminded her of the Canadian painter Emily Carr. That’s quite flattering, but I don’t quite see it myself. Yesterday’s underpainting went a little bit slower—in part because it’s complicated, in part because I’m …