emptier 72x38"
acrylic & collaged paper on canvas
autumn creek 78x25.5"
oil & collaged paper on canvas
1/5/13 emptier and a new painting, autumn creek /
my autumn & spring pleine air creek paintings are creeping into this work
emptier 78x25.5"
acrylic & collaged paper on canvas
stage 1: autumn creek 78x25.5"
acrylic & collaged paper on canvas
emptier as it looked jan.3 & 4, 2013 /
emptier
1/3/13 72x38" acrylic & collaged paper on canvas
notice changes to the upper right and lower central & left parts of this painting today
emptier 1/4/13
72x38" acrylic & collaged paper on canvas
emptier as it looks new years day /
at work on emptier, Jan.1, 2013
at work on emptier, jan.1, 2013
emptier, 72x38" early stages /
3 stages a new painting i began today, emptier.
emptier stage 1
38x72" acryllic and charcoal on canvas
stage 2
stage 3
empty 14x78" stage 2, dec. 30,2012 /
the painting no longer bears a resemblance to the velasquez original, other than a few ghost images. the title has changed to empty. i'll know in the morning whether i want to take it further.
empty
acryllic & collaged paper on canvas 14x78"
12.29.12 back in the studio /
back in the studio after 5 weeks of travel in texas & nyc. more to come about what we saw. for now, here's what i'm working on today. i'm using acryllic to see if i can work with it, so that, if i decide to use paper collaged over painting as i've been doing, the water based glue will adhere better to the surface.
below that is the 4th panel of a 4 panel commission for a client who will house her extensive collection of pins from the '08 athens olympic games in a custom built cabinet with 4 panels, which when opened will reveal the entire collection. more images once the commission is complete and the cabinet assembled. this painting was completed yesterday and shipped to houston, where it will be mounted on the wooden panel and join the other 3 for final assembly.
12.29.12 after Las Meninas 14x78in-acryllic on canvas
olympic pins commission, 4th panel
oil & paper collage on linen, 30x11"
final pleine air of 2012 /
on nov. 8th i ventured out to n. crestone trail, knowing because of the weather forecast that this would be my last pleine air painting of 2012. I went to a site dominated by a sheer cliff sometimes used by climbers to practice. there was a distinct chill in the air and it was overcast.
the resulting painting, an oil on portrait linen 14x14" is one of the best of the 20 or so pleine air paintings i did this fall.
11/8/12 n. crestone trail
14x14" oil on very fine portrait linen
evolution of big john, 78x25" nov. 3-5, 2012 /
big john, 78x25", is based loosely on this 12x5" collage, created in houston, august, 2012
big john: stage 1, 11/3/12
stage 2
stage 3 nov.4, 2012
final painting, nov. 5, 2012
of interest: the deep red mark in the upper left quadrant of the painting (click on the final painting to enlarge) is a cutout from a reproduction of a 1963 tony berlant painting, sue, which I found in an old la louver catalogue.
reworking a 78x25" painting /
this morning, i began reworking a painting now titled tensile beam, 78x25" collaged paper & canvas, oil & oil pastel on linen. this painting is loosely based on the collage on the right, created in august, 2012 in houston, tx.
*see the current/oils page for a newer version
tensile beam 78x22"
tensile beam, study
collage 11.5x4"