Yes, I have been “Missing in Action” the last few weeks, and yes, I have been to the Miami airport (MIA) I’ve also been to the Portland, Oregon Airport and the Antiguan Airport and the Charlotte airport too. I’ve been traveling a bit and...
Ever get to a place in a painting and you think it is “good”, but know that it is not enough? That is where I am at with my son’s painting. It felt nearly finished from photos, but knew I needed sessions with him from life. Outside. In the sun. And...
Sometimes the littlest things can make a difference. Armatures. In this painting I designed this interlocking set of diagonals to be my “support structure” in this image. So as I mentioned last week, the intersects of the diagonals create my...
So a painting like this has many moving parts. And I’m always asking myself- “What is important? What should be let go?” “What do I just want to emphasize because I just want to?” and most importantly- “Am I getting in my own...
So for a while my son looked like a zombie. The thing about glazing in oils is that if I have to get back to a glowing light shape I need to “reset” the area and get all the way back down to white again so the colors can be glazed again on top. Putting...
I was in a pilates class this morning. And something profound happened. Since this blog is also my diary, I felt that I had to write about it. So its a bonus entry this week. The instructor had us start off the class with a series of deep breathing exercises....
