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Mediums and historic wisdom from rock and roll 22 Aug 2013 | 06:38 pm
Black Moumtain Stapleton Kearns 24 by30, 2006? I threw a few fall images of my own into this post. Here is an ask Stape question, I received recently. I suppose I am repeating myself , but many rea...
A truncated sub-palette and a chromium mystery device 3 Aug 2013 | 06:05 pm
A demo painting done in front of a class on the Hudson River near Newburg, New York 16" by 20" Above is a shot of my palette. I have mentioned in previous posts how although I have earth colors a...
A demonstration from 1968 by Emile Gruppe 3 Jul 2013 | 07:52 am
Gloucester is America's oldest seaport, over it's long history it has lost 10,000 men at sea. It has a long art heritage too. The harbor there is a beautiful and inspiring place to paint. Most of the ...
Variety of shapes in a John Carlson painting 20 May 2013 | 07:17 pm
Well, here I am again. Thanks for reading my blog. I have been writing less frequently recently. Mostly now, I do it to remind people it is all still here. I have written over a thousand posts and sai...
A visit to the frame makers 5 Apr 2013 | 06:47 pm
I went down to Rhode Island last week and picked up a frame from PS Art. They make most of my frames. As I have written before, I use handmade closed cornered frames on my work, except if they are go...
Negotiating commissions for paintings 19 Mar 2013 | 05:39 pm
This post was prompted by someone mentioning to me that their neighbor had a big, fancy house and maybe I should paint a picture of it because the owner might buy it. That is not something I would d...
James Gurney show! 27 Feb 2013 | 06:54 pm
Here are James Gurney and I at the opening of his show in Manchester, New Hampshire. The strong down lighting of the gallery made us both look like we had no hair, so I have corrected the image to pr...
Some thoughts on Issac Levitan 19 Feb 2013 | 04:52 am
A reader sent me some pictures by Isaac Levitan (1860 1900) and asked me if I would comment on them. Levitan was a Russian painter who specialized in the landscape. Over the last decade or so there...
Controlling M-Faces 4 Feb 2013 | 06:54 am
Above is a Sargent watercolor of Venice. I have written before about unity of effect and subordination of detail to the larger masses in which they are contained. In this post I want to show what happ...
A snowscape flayed 14 Jan 2013 | 08:59 am
A Village in Vermont Something I occasionally do on the blog is critiques of readers art that is sent to me . I choose those that I think will be most instructive to other readers. I can not critique...
