Drawing or painting?
Ancient Catalpa Tree, 6X8, oil on canvas, by little ol’ me. It was a week of very unsettled weather, when even NOAA didn’t have a firm grasp on what would happen next. (Among other things, the daytime temperature dropped forty degrees.) After cancelling plans twice due to threatening rain only to watch the sky clear …
In the end, it all comes down to footwear.
Practical for plein air painting as long as there aren’t deer ticks. CT asks: I paint with water-soluble oils. I don’t know if this goes for regular oil paints, too, but I’m struck by the various textures and viscosities of different colors—from a cadmium yellow so thick it’s hard to get it out of the …
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There’s a bathroom on the right…
“Joep Nicolas worked on these windows during the last twelve years of his life. Although he was a mature painter and a master glazier, it was evident his work evolved during the tenure of the project. This window is the greatest, in my opinion. It is a presentation of what was transpiring in the heavenlies …
The perils of open source publishing
I think this is the best photo I took in the entire photo essay, but you be the judge. See the whole photo-essay HERE. A few months ago, Carolyn Mrazek asked me what my obsession was with East Avenue Wegmans’ construction project. “It’s a work of art,” I replied, “as important as anything I’ve painted. …
Finding what you’re not looking for
An old bridge abutment at Bushnell’s Basin… where “moth and rust” have already destroyed man’s handiwork. Today was my second day walking along the Erie Canal in search of painting sites. It wasn’t as pleasant as yesterday; it was hotter and muggier. Other than the bridge abutment at Bushnell’s Basin (which I’ve painted before), the …