Saturday, January 29, 2011

January Thaw

January Thaw
2011
30x40
oil on canvas


Tuesday, January 25, 2011

More work on Paper

Adolescence
2011
11x11
mixed media on paper

Thursday, January 20, 2011

Katie

Katie
2011
13x10
graphite

Had a group of friends over to my studio to paint from a model, a very lovely young woman named Katie. I took a break from painting, and did this little sketch, which I am much more pleased with than the painting, at least so far. No telling what I will do with the painting! For any of you in the area, I really recommend this model. She is professional, creative, lovely and holds a pose flawlessly. http://katiemariemodel.weebly.com/

Saturday, January 15, 2011

Princeton Portrait Group

Diana
2011
12x12
oil on canvas

Okay, so, I have no aspirations to become a "portrait painter", but I have been going to a weekly portrait painting group in Princeton, MA, hosted by the Princeton Art Society, because I think it is really important to keep returning to working from observation. Faces are so wonderful and challenging. I have painted with this group four times so far and this is the first painting I am happy enough with to post here. If you are interested in what the other artists in the group produced, visit their blog at http://princetonartssociety.blogspot.com/

Monday, January 10, 2011

Mixed Media

Making a Pearl
2011
25x35
mixed media on paper

More specifically, graphite, charcoal, conte crayon, and acrylic paint. You really need to click on this one to see it.

Friday, January 7, 2011

Another Dimension

We are All Bound
2010
17x17
mixed media with encaustic



Here is a recent experiment of mine with building out from the surface. It is such a new process for me that I'm not sure how I feel about it, but it was really fun to do. A big "Thank you" to Tracy Spadafora. She is a wonderfully talented encaustic artist (just about every piece of hers I look at I think, "man, I wish I made that!"), and a very patient teacher (I ask a boat-load of questions).

Thursday, January 6, 2011

Concord Art Association, Members Juried I, 2011

Spring
2010
24x24
oil on canvas

I am pleased to say that my painting, Spring, was chosen by juror Nina Gara Bozinik of the Currier Museum of Art (Manchester, NH) to be included in the Concord Art Association's annual members' show of painting and sculpture. I heard, unofficially, that something like 400 pieces were submitted and 97 were accepted. If you are in the area, I do recommend stopping in to see the exhibit. There is usually a wide range of styles represented, all of a high caliber.

Show runs January 8-February 6, 2011
Tues.-Sat. 10-4:30, Sun. noon-4

Concord Art Association
37 Lexington Road
Concord, MA 01742
978-369-2496
http://concordart.org/