New drawing: “It happened while sailing”
January 31, 2009
It happened while sailing, 2009, gouache and pencil on paper, 8″ x 8″
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New work: “Very Specific Memories”
January 3, 2009
Very Specific Memories, 2009, mixed media on paper, 7″ x 7″
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New mixed media diptychs
December 28, 2008
You are as I imagined you would be, 2008, mixed media on paper, 8″ x 4″
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All that was left unsaid, 2008, mixed media on paper, 8″ x 4″
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Their Children’s Mothers, 2008, mixed media and collage on paper, 8″ x 4″
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The Forgotten Painting
December 17, 2008
The Deluxe, 2006, oil on canvas, 36″ x 36″
This painting, The Deluxe, lives in my bedroom. For some reason, I forgot to ever photograph it and post it here on my blog.
The irony is that The Deluxe was a pivotal painting for me and bridged the work I was doing for many years after college and the body of work I completed this year.
For a long while, my paintings included built up layers of oil paint. At times, I used thin glazey layers. Other times, I spackled paint on like icing. Often I sanded the layers down and revealed layers below and then painted figures or objects on top of the layered paint.
The Deluxe started in the same manner. The first layer was the dark brown you see at the bottom of the canvas. I painted the brown to look like wood grain. Next, I applied a very thin glaze of the palest shade of pink to all but the very bottom of the canvas. This created a surreal landscape effect and it sat in my studio, untouched, for weeks.
One evening, I realized what the composition needed. I knew it needed a rectangular scene painted in the top half of the composition. I imagined it as a projection, as if from a slide projector, onto the pink layer. I also felt intuitively that the final rectangle needed to be painted alla prima, or all-at-once.
As soon as the rectangle was finished, I knew the painting was complete. I also realized how much I enjoyed painting quickly, wet paint on wet paint, and I began to experiment with this way of working more and more.
I’ve never tired of this painting. Usually I can’t live with my own paintings in my living space for very long because they remind me of what I would do differently. This painting, however, reminds me of a shift in my work and in my way of thinking about painting so I suppose I am somewhat sentimental about it.
New Painting: “Car Shopping”
November 9, 2008
2008, oil on linen, 12″ x 12″
New Painting: “Study Buddy”
September 21, 2008
2008, oil on canvas board, 11″ x 14″
This painting will be auctioned on October 23rd to benefit Ride Connection. Click here for more information on the event.
New Painting: “Boardwalk View at Pier”
September 17, 2008
2008, oil on linen, 12″ x 12″
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New Painting: “Motel”
September 7, 2008
Motel, 2008, oil on linen, 12″ x 12″
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New Painting: “Perch”
August 24, 2008
Perch, 2008, oil on canvas, 16″ x 20″
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Several weeks ago, I posted a sneak preview of this painting when it was still just a line drawing.
New Painting: “Stewardess”
July 13, 2008
Stewardess, 2008, oil on canvas, 16″ x 20″
Stewardess, detail
I think it’s OK to call her a stewardess because she was flying the skies in the 1960s, long before the term “flight attendant” was created.
