Breaking Through

"Two Holes"
Oil on Canvas
48"x60"

"White Spheres"
Oil on Canvases
Diptych 2- 24"x30"

"Glow with Green"
Oil on Canvas
36"x45"

New Work, New Photos

Well I've finally begun to take advantage of the fabulous photo studio at MassArt which I just found out is available to all alumni as well as current students, set for life.

Lately I've been getting very excited about drawing and have been doing some intense small pieces which are not shown here but are very much happening.  I did a watercolor on a whim as demonstration during a class I was teaching but I ended up really liking it.  Perhaps I will push this a bit further in the studio.

Here are some new pieces with some old pieces but all are photographed well.  There is still a warping happening, you may notice, although not nearly as bad as when I photograph my work on my own.

"Drawn Collage Landscape"
 30"x22"
 Charcoal and Graphite on Paper

"Line Landscape"
30"x22"
Charcoal on Paper

    

"Charcoal Landscape"
30"x22"
Charcoal on Paper

"Bright Landscape"
36"x22"
Oil on Canvas

"Horizontal Landscape with Flesh"
26"x32"
Oil on Canvas

"Landscape with Flesh"
32"x26"
Oil on Canvas

"Red Hill"
13"x11"
Oil on Canvas

"Wave"
13"x11"
Oil on Canvas

"Red Sky with Cliffs"
36"x28"
Oil on Canvas

"Watercolor"
12"x9"
Watercolor on Paper

Heading into Fall

It’s been a while; I’ve moved out of one studio and into another, my position as the art teacher at a summer camp has clearly ended and new work is in progress!

Here is my fabulous new plant that I am very excited about.  I’ve had it for a week or two now and it grows these beautiful little orange flowers that look like goldfish.  I think it may need a transplant soon, what do you think?

Here are two paintings that I am currently working on.  I think they’ll be done soon.  I’m very excited for a couple new colors these two have each added to my palate. 

 Cobalt Teal  mixed with a bit of Cobalt Blue (plus a little Titanium White and Cadmium Yellow Dark mixed in places) is giving me some exciting new blues in the center of the second painting.  I am also happy to put my Dioxazine Violet to use with Yellow Ochre and Burt Sienna to get a new and rich fleshy tone which you can see underneath some glazing in the bottom right area of the first painting.

Recently I have been taking drawing a lot more seriously.  Here are three completed pieces and one work in progress (shown with source material).  All are approx 27x21” but really that is a big estimation, I never trust my mental measurements!

Here is a tiny sample of my sketches and source material used before and throughout a piece.

A few artists I am currently looking at:

Cristi Rinklin

Arthur Dove

Thomas Moran (Big Yellowstone painter)

Nancy Friese (A temporary faculty member at MassArt, I saw her artist talk a couple weeks ago and spoke with her afterwards, amazing work!!!)

 

Opening

Had the Eskimo Sister's Gallery Opening on Saturday!  Wooly Fair was a blast and I had a bunch of friends and family come for support which is always fantastic.  Above is a pic my aunt Kathleen got of Jeff and I playing with our friend Pete's dog Jackie (who was wonderfully behaved all night long despite the crowds and heat)

There was amazing artwork everywhere you looked

Such a fun vibe to be a part of

I wish I could give all of the artists credit for the beautiful work I'm showing but there was stuff everywhere; besides I feel that they were more interested in beautifying than getting a nod (which they would doubtlessly get from everybody!)

However, I do know who this artist is because this was one of the pieces in the gallery with my work.  Marguerite Keyes made this amazing and tiny piece called "A Slight Tug."  Unfortunately I did not get to meet her but fortunately her website is fabulous and there is plenty more to see there.

This is half of Alexander Barton's "Preach & Practice" that was painted with pigs blood!!! Intense! Again, didn't meet this artist but he has a superb website that should definitely be looked at!

Shot of my "Vertical Landscape" with the cupcakes

One of the cupcake choices was "Mexican Chocolate" which Jeff made the mistake of trying... only a mistake of course because he isn't into spicy food and that think had a KICK!