Rolling out my Q&A column
These are a few of my favorite things… My media advisor suggested I do an occasional Q&A column. Today I was texted this great question, so no time like the present: MM writes: I have an opportunity to show in NYC in June. My big (5’X4’) paintings have been taken off their stretchers and rolled. …
Painting with Friends
Durand-Eastman in early Spring, 11X14, oil on canvasboard. I am not that keen on early Spring colors, which to me often look clichéd, and I didn’t like this when I painted it. I like it a lot more now. It’s brassy—just like me. Marilyn Feinberg was raised in Irondequoit, so it is no surprise that …
How not to clean your studio
Never let them stash stuff in your studio…. unless there’s no other place for it, of course. Sadly the cello and the hats are probably safest here right now. Joe the Painter stopped by last week looking for work. I like Joe, and I have a very old house with plaster walls which occasionally need …
That fine line between art and erotica
Hermaphrodite, Mateo Bonarelli, 1652, Prado “Son of Hermes and Aphrodite, Hermaphrodite was a singularly handsome youth. According to Ovid (Metamorphoses 4, 285 ff.) Salmacis, the nymph from a lake in Caria, was enthralled by his beauty and passionately embraced him while he was bathing. Their two bodies merged as one, with double gender. “This sculpture, commissioned …
I’ve never painted in a little black dress before
Carey Corea’s mural for ABVI On Saturday, June 1, I will be painting a live plein air painting for the Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired’s (ABVI) Play It Forward hosted by Macy’s. This event is to celebrate ABVI’s construction of an Outdoor Mobility Training Area, which will help visually-impaired children and adults learn to more …
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