A few years back I found that an artist’s interpretation of a painting is just one of many even though they created the painting with their own significance of what it was to present. Their interpretation is by no means the last word on what people personally actually see or feel about a painting. This [...]
Mar 14 2013 | Posted in
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When I took on these current three new paintings, I had to deal with two kinds of light, the physical light that everyone seems to be aware of, but in these paintings, I am also dealing with spiritual light. My wife said she enjoyed seeing me starting these paintings because she felt that scenes were [...]
Mar 7 2013 | Posted in
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Yesterday, I sat in the chair I usually write from and looked over at the what most will call our house entryway. The best light in our home is there. I then went down to my studio and brought up three paintings I had just started but hadn’t done anything with them for weeks. This [...]
Feb 28 2013 | Posted in
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It’s February. It’s mostly cold and gray and I dislike the gray days the most even over the cold. I must be part plant because the lack of strong sunlight affects my total being. Maybe I should have been a bear so I could sleep through these cold, dark months of winter. Actually, in a [...]
Feb 21 2013 | Posted in
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I’ve been writing my art articles for almost eight years now but lately my computer and Internet connection have been ganging up on me. This is the third week that my Internet provider hasn’t been providing very well. The week before last, I sent in my article three times before the paper received it. Last [...]
Feb 7 2013 | Posted in
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Sky and water have a lot of different personalities and are constantly changing. The light from the sky above tints and reflects on everything we see during the daytime hours. At the Madison County Senior Center, we will begin a series of painting demonstrations at this Friday’s painting class starting at 9 a.m. on the [...]
Jan 31 2013 | Posted in
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Wednesday, a week ago, the evening sky was such a bright yet deep red that my camera could only catch a part of its true colors. I stood in awe looking out the window of my front door. I haven’t seen a red sky like that in many years. I can’t really find the words [...]
Jan 24 2013 | Posted in
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Around the 19th of December, I saw a visual in my head for a painting, one that was similar to a painting I had completed around 50 years ago. As my thoughts kept turning, I remembered that I had a custom frame stored that was made for me but a mistake had been made in [...]
Jan 17 2013 | Posted in
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