2010
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Here’s the drawing for this year… Here’s the start of the painting on the block… Here’s the finished painting… Now, it’s time to carve! Here’s the image at about the halfway point. This is a close-up of Lina-in-the-box getting a new mitten. And this is the block fully carved out. Next step, artist’s proof! The first few…
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This painting is based on the Frenchman collage from last month. (But it’s about a million times paintier. Paintlyer. Painteisher. More Painterly.)
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Here’s a gift for you!
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Yes, it is time to make a collage. High time. Step 1 for making a collage: take a picture of all your collage stuff.
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I’m working on this new painting featuring a couple doors and a little bit of light and a touch of perspective and some floorboards and a hint of an archway done in a curious mixture of scumbling and washes and sloppy brushwork and impasto. So far, so good.
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The art blog is missing quite a chunk, I noticed. My pals and I asked the Oracle of the Universe where the time went. Came back this reply from the OOTU: “The daggone Treasure Valley Artists’ Alliance done whittled it all away, Amigo. Now, get back to paintin’ or I’m just gonna hafta slap yuh.”
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Here’s where Li’l Joe came from, if you must know. This is Angel’s Room, oil on canvas, 12 x 9 inches, from 2006.
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Li’l Joe (a.k.a. Shiller’s Door, oil on canvas, 30 x 24 inches This painting is ready to live life on his own terms and wander where he will. Good luck, Li’l Joe. Neither a borrower nor a lender be, okay, Buddy?
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Li’l Joe in process Out of his baby phase and well into toddlerhood, Li’l Joe has made some progress. The Sturm und Drang of the teens loom on the horizon.
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Li’l Joe in process Here’s the first few baby steps of a new painting. This post is dedicated to John Padlo who inspired this blog.
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Big Mo, oil on canvas, 48 x 60 inches This is my biggest painting ever! Sure, he’ll get a new name… when I’ve had a chance to reflect and consider and roll it over in my mind and all. Titles of paintings are little works of art in themselves. They need to encapsulate the piece and be truthful…
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The artists’ alliance is gonna be in the Modern Art show at the Modern Hotel and Bar. We’ve got the 14-foot high decorative concrete wall that looks out onto the parking lot in front of the hotel lobby. We’ll hang one-foot square self-portraits and Ts, Vs, and As on it. It’s gonna be so. cool.…
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To begin with, But, I hasten to add, because, with that and how would we ever know ? In light of all that, it’s hard to ignore it from the perspective of , which leads me to conclude that, at least for now, .
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Here’s the newest painting, hot, hot, hot out of the oven! It’s a new kind of painting for me because it relies so much on the burnt siena speaking for itself. It ain’t easy being this willing to let my paintings speak for themselves, but I’m learning!
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I’ve been workin’ on the railroad, alllllll the live-long daaaaaay! The railroad in this case is the Treasure Valley Artists’ Alliance and all the live-long day in this case is every single spare minute I’ve had, all day, every day for the last three months with no end in sight! The pros The art in this town…
Angels on Bikes 