Urban painting/Queensboro Bridge
Usually, when we say “field sketch,” people think of pastorals, but the term can apply equally to urban landscapes. I went on a tear painting the Queensboro (or 59th Street) Bridge with my friend Kristin. Here are a few examples. Construction on the Queensboro Bridge, oil on board, 12X9 Just as urban plein air painters …
Black Eye
Michelle’s shiner (detail) It’s not often you get a model showing up with a black eye, and that’s irresistible to paint. (Before you get worried that she’s the victim of domestic abuse, she’s a dancer and occasionally her face gets in someone else’s way.) A flesh tone matrix, a little more complex than what I …
A more formal figure painting
Nude, oil on canvas, 40X30 This commissioned work is a formal portrait of a mature woman who desired a nude painting reflecting her Central American heritage. The client wanted an impression of the beauty of a woman not matching the cliché of the commercialized American ideal of willowy, leggy and fair female imagery. The composition …
Figure Sketch
(Michelle reading, 24X36″ oil sketch on canvas.) I have been doing fewer 3 hour figure studies, because my pal Marilyn has blown down to Florida. This is from Saturday’s session. I love the pose. Three hours for the figure, about another half hour for the background. Excuse the reflections; at this time of year, paint …
Join me at the Irondequoit Inn this weekend
Piseco Outlet 12X9 Oil (click for a larger view) Irondequoit Inn’s 2011 featured artist Mark your calendars for a meet the artist reception on 7/29 from 6pm to 8 pm and a roundtable discussion on “Why Art Matters” on 7/31 at 1:00pm (click to sign up). Carol Douglas is a well-known Rochester artist and teacher …
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