Monthly Archives: May 2010
New Painting – “Beached”
In my post on May 6, I mentioned that my usual landscape subjects were not inspiring me and that the my usual solution to lack of inspiration is to work on something new. At that time, I began working on a still life composed of wine bottles placed in front of my studio’s picture window.  At about the same time, [...]
“River Valley” – New watercolor landscape painting
4″ x 11″ Private Collection With out going into a lot of detail about why, part of my painting process often leaves me with odd shaped leftover pieces of paper. Many of them are in this “panoramic” format where one dimension is more than twice as long as the other.  The shape is well suited for a panoramic view of [...]
Exhibit Opening – “Back to Basics”
The North Adams Artists Co-op gallery opens a new exhibit called “Back to Basics” next Thursday, May 27. The Opening Reception is Thursday, May 27th, 2010 from 5 to 8pm and is open to the public. The exhibit runs May 27 – June 20, 2010. The theme of the exhibit allows the artist to show work that may go in [...]
New painting – “Glass On Glass”
What, then, to do when the usual subjects are not inspiring me at the moment? The solution generally is to do something different. In this case placing a group of wine bottles in front of my studio’s picture window with the intention of painting some compositions.  This work “Glass on Glass” is the first painting completed.  Glass is difficult due [...]
