Tag: In the studio
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Happy Accidents of the Swing
Earlier this spring, I started a new painting with dark looming green storm clouds. At the end of May, I posted an early sneak peek on my blog, which you can find here. The painting took a bit of a back seat over the summer and then I went away on my Ox-Bow residency. I…
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Echoes of purple
I can’t believe how both quickly and slowly the past four weeks have gone by. I’ve got one more week here and Ox-Bow and am just finishing up my second painting. Since I work in oils, I have to give my paintings enough time to dry in order to wrap them and bring them back…
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Cotton candy sunsets
After a rainy day, the sunset on the lagoon here at Ox-Bow was beautiful. Cotton candy colours. And here are some photos of my current piece, in progress. It’s coming along, slowly but surely. One of two paintings I’m working on concurrently.
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When I get that feeling, I want textual healing
Here’s the diagram that I mentioned yesterday. It’s a little different than some of the stuff I usually do but still related to my work…. It stemmed from these sketches I was doing for something I’d like to eventually make into a screen print. I noticed how the figures looked so much like apostrophes and…
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Hello from Ox-Bow
Today was my first day at Ox-Bow as part of a five week artist residency. I’m here in Saugatuck, Michigan and settling into my new surroundings after a two-day journey via Chicago. After unpacking all my stuff, I started to work a bit in my new studio space and acquaint myself with my current environment.…