Studio
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A note to self from November 2014 “I’ve been painting almost every day for the past few weeks and things are starting to stack up. Here’s a view of the table top where the most recent paintings are being stored. It’s probably time to update my items for sale page or make a shipment to…
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A painting of a young woman, standing barefoot in an open doorway, offering a cup of coffee.
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Cara is Italian for beloved. What do you say to your beloved when you see her pausing in the doorway, her cup poised just above the saucer midway to her lips, barefoot, and enchanting? Do you say, “Hey!” Or do you just stand there, gaping, speechless, arrested by her charm? I’m more of the “Hey!”…
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One of the quintessential tools for the visual artist is the easel. It is the structure that holds up the canvas while it morphs from stark and blank to refulgent with symbolism, meaning, technique, content, emotion, and — sometimes — healing. The light of inspiration floods the studio. The colors interact and “speak” to one…
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An artist’s studio is rarely tidy. Usually it’s filled with paintings (and paint!) all over the walls, discarded sketches and paint brushes on the floor, color swatches, inspiration in the form of images ripped from magazines, anatomy books opened to the pages of those hard to draw body parts (like ears), cigarette butts, candy wrappers,…
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This room where Valentine lived in the French Quarter was decadent with color. Having pinks, purples, and blues as your favorites, it was perhaps easier to just say, “My favorite color is stripes.” The doorway to the balcony offers a momentary respite from the sensory overload. But, to the room you will inevitably return. Also,…
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I just thought I’d give you a peek into the studio. Here’s what I’ve been working on over the past few weeks.
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This is the chair I gave my wife Melissa about 20 years ago for her birthday that I took back because it’s a great painting chair. For me.
Angels on Bikes 