Perhaps the final flower painting of the spring? Wondering why I continue to dive into full-blown, sweat-it-out paintings when perhaps I should be painting sweet sketches. So often the greatest beauty of a painting is found in its initial strokes. Anyway. It is what it is. My first try at [...]
Archive for April, 2009
Tulips. Tulips move.
Posted in Painting on April 26, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Just can’t get enough…
Posted in Painting on April 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Painting flowers lately. Only ones I, or friends pick. Really like white daffodils – (do you have any?). The second painting in this set was painted as a demonstration/artist in the store-window, at Muse Art Supply in Portland. As one of 30 painters (one every day during April), this painting and [...]
Daffodils
Posted in Painting on April 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
While I’ve painted a few imagination/memory driven paintings recently. This is my first painting from life this year. While, perhaps, I should have expected it – I found it challenging to remain focused for more than an hour or so at a time. I prevailed over a few days, the daffodils were [...]
Backside Etching
Posted in Printmaking on April 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Last year I worked on two plates that I didn’t end up editioning. Usually, I paint the backside of plates before I begin working on them – this time I didn’t. Instead I used wide masking tape to cover the back each time I bit the plate (in ferric chloride). The little [...]
