Just sent this split personality painting off to a show at Lost Art Gallery , 900 Main St. in Watertown, CT opening saturday evening March 19 at 6:30 pm with the work by lots of illustrators and Magic card creators and other fantasy work.
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please ignore last post..i posted too early..ignore and FORGET..at least..for now
a book…yes…a little book…
My mate is the author of, “A Survival Guide to the Mis-information Age”. This is a brand new book for anyone who wants to know if what they hear or read on the Internet or in the paper is true or not and how to figure it out. This a book for anyone who isn’tContinue reading “a book…yes…a little book…”
Forgot to post the some of the steps for recent portrait…
Final portrait will be 24×30″ oil on linen canvas…here is head study done on linen on board…first is the chosen photo (this is a posthumous portrait so the photo is a tiny section from a snapshot taken at some event dinner.. part of a group shot and only included his head (top of necktie up)Continue reading “Forgot to post the some of the steps for recent portrait…”
Some of the portraits–
One almost finished and the other finally getting delivered (there is a story there but too worn out from festivities to tell it now!)…
Current Portrait Progress
1st step…small studies shown to client…on left is one of two B&W 9×12 studies on canvas panels..on right is final concept (Frankensteined through Photoshop Elements–hands from one place, jacket from another, head and upper tie from main reference photo, etc.)…2nd step will appear in another blog post…
Frustrated Plein Aire painter’s evening playtime..take a few leaves that fell two days ago and mix with palette and this is what you get…don’t seem to get outside anymore..always stuck in the studio working and..tonight…answering Trick or Treaters!
Don’t say “don’t” (except sometimes) from a Robert Genn letter
Leonardo da Vinci’s study for a flying machine Don’t do watercolours on cheap paper. Don’t use fugitive inks. Don’t put your brush in your mouth — or smoke. Don’t think it’s going to get easier. Don’t lock yourself into anything. Don’t try to sell your work right away. Don’t sweat the small stuff; go forContinue reading “Don’t say “don’t” (except sometimes) from a Robert Genn letter”
Just sold Water Nymph 32×52″
Vacation doodles…