Tag: Art
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Portrait Painting as an Act of Love
When I was doing research for my MA thesis paper on portraiture, in 2003, I came across a story by Pliny the Elder. It was about the invention of drawing/painting. A Corinthian maiden traced the profile of her lover using charcoal and the shadow of his face on a wall. He was about to depart…
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The Painted Lovers – Part II
Happy Belated Valentine’s Day! Here are some photos of the painted lovers, completed. The piece measures 30″ x 15″ x 1.5″ *** Last night, the artists from the Love residency got together for a project that I started a week ago. Basically, we were writing a Harlequin Romance novel, Exquisite Corpse style, where each person…
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Swans can be vicious
As promised, here are the photos of my wood cutouts and my newest diptych painting. I’m working with the myth of Leda and the Swan in these works and I’m so excited with how the wood cutouts have turned out, I’ve already planned another one to do this week. I’m going to paint the cutouts…
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Her transformation
I’ve been in the studio quite a bit this past week but haven’t taken as many pictures as I should have. I’ll take some more today of my painting, as it’s close to being finished…just a couple of days more work. In the meantime, here are some photos from last week. You can see the…
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Miniatauro
And here in the miniature taurus – The Minotaur painted in small dimensions… The Miniatauro: