oil on panel 4" x 5"
12/21/2010
12/11/2010
12/07/2010
Three Shells
oil on paper 4" x 5"
Studio Tour continued
My work table, in its usual chaotic state
Oil cans, inherited and trashpicked
The monkey
12/02/2010
F.A.N.
I will have six paintings in a group show at
F.A.N. Gallery in Philadelphia. The show will
be up from tomorrow through January.
11/30/2010
Baby Riding an Elephant
oil on panel 5" x 4"
More Studio Tour
The most important place in a studio – a comfortable
place to sit. My grandfather's tool chest is in front of
the chair. I use it a a table, but it's still full of tools.
Some of them I use, some are a mystery to me.
On the windowsill
Also on the windowsill. My mother crocheted
the tiny diaper on the tiny baby doll. She had
her own quirky form of creativity.
Plants and Leaves
 Plants and Leaves 18' x 15" oil on panel This started last spring as a painting of ferns unfolding in my yard, but it drifted. |
More studio tour: Shelves |
The spaceman was mine when I was a kid. He used to have
a helmet that looked like a bell jar
Plastic skull – I don't know where his hat is from, but it's
covered with great trinkets and coins. Those are my grandfather's
indian clubs in the background.
Plaster skull, real horn, real bones, and an old painting in
the background. My students always spend a couple of days
each semester drawing bones.
11/23/2010
Cupcake with Sprinkles
oil on canvas 12" x 12"
Sold
I thought it would be nice to post a studio tour over the next few days, so here are the first three photos.
This is the view from the door.
It's a little messier than usual because I've been framing some paintings.
My palette. It's an old enamel tabletop sitting on a table with wheels. When I work large I clear the whole surface. Other times it fills up with paint, brushes, medium, etc. Characteristically messy.
A painting and its subjects.
11/14/2010
Pumpkins
oil on canvas 16" x 20"
I took some photos of this painting in process. You can see them below.
This was the first step. I didn't like the overhead view, so I changed it to the image below.
This was something I could work with.
Fiddling with color in the background.
Painted out the background. To get to the finished painting I had to change the crate and the little squash's shape. The background went from dark to light to dark several times. I rarely do preliminary drawings or work out an image in advance. I prefer to figure things out through the process of painting.
11/07/2010
Lake
oil on panel 7" x 10"
Something I was thinking about.
Done with one fat brush on rough plywood.
11/04/2010
11/03/2010
10/31/2010
10/30/2010
10/27/2010
10/26/2010
10/14/2010
10/12/2010
10/09/2010
10/03/2010
10/01/2010
9/26/2010
9/23/2010
9/22/2010
9/21/2010
9/19/2010
9/17/2010
9/12/2010
Clown and Applehead
oil on panel 5" x 7"
sold
The little clown was attached to a bouquet my wife got when our son was born. Seventeen years later our son carved the applehead. Now they both live in my studio.
9/07/2010
Fig
oil on panel 5" x 7"
sold
When my children were young I let them and their friends draw on my studio wall. That's why there is often scribbling behind my still life objects.
9/02/2010
Doll Dress
oil on panel 6" x 4"
not for sale
This was hanging in our friends' house in Maine.
I painted it as a thank you for being such great hosts.
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