Legos or Sweets

One long afternoon, sitting in my studio,  I pondered my next painting. My palette was a mess with puddles of dried oil paint that needed to be scraped away for the next piece of art.  Fortunately,  there were some legos stashed away in a nearby corner. Opening this box of Legos, pondering what to create,… Continue reading Legos or Sweets

Simple Abundance

Chinese proverb: Three things needing to be in balance to create a work of art. The touch, the eye, the heart. All of these things form a painter’s voice. “Portraiture doesn’t just tell us about the sitter,it reveals…” “This recurrence of emphasis on black paint serves as a cleansing of the palette, a reduction to… Continue reading Simple Abundance

What Color Is Shadow?

“And so although the color circle is a systemic and neutral order of hues, it is in no sense a clairvoyant means of reaching aesthetic decisions”COLOR AND THE STRUCTURAL SENSE by Williams Charles Libbey What color is shadow  is more complicated than at first glance. The short take on this topic  is that black is… Continue reading What Color Is Shadow?

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