Just as in this tumultuous political climate, in art, there is no such thing as neutral. In the commission I just finished I found myself reaching for the same sticks over and over. One that I always had at the ready and used repeatedly in the very lightest-lights in...
In the past few weeks I have moved on to painting other things. And sometimes things get knocked around. Last week I was searching around in my “Secondary Covid Pantry.” Once the pandemic hit, (like everyone else) I did a mad dash to stock up on basic...
A hardbound book is given to the client at the end of a commission. This is one of those things I have been doing for many years. I never show the client photos of their painting while it is in its creation, (I recommend never doing that) but I know they are always...
You know the saying “To make an omelette, you have to break a few eggs?” Well, to make a pastel painting you have to break a few sticks. The commission that I finished required being able to precisely add marks to the faces in tiny strokes. The temptation...
So I always get annoyed with taking photos of my finished work… It seems as though no matter how I take the photos they never show the nuances and depth of the original. And all those hours spent refining tiny color variations just get blown out or distorted...
