Monthly Studio Update - November, 2003
STUDIO UPDATE: NOVEMBER 2003
Studio Update:
YES!!! Back to painting and drawing.
I am creating a series of pastel drawings and I will upload them here as I complete them. I started these pastels late in October. They are available for purchase at www.RomanticRealism.net.
Updated November 3rd, 6th, 8th, 10th, 17th.
Sandbar, 2003, 18x22",
pastel Nov. 17th
High Grass, 2003,
19x23", pastel Nov.
17th
Unfinished, Glass Jar, acrylic. Updated Nov. 6th
Updated Nov. 10th
Updated Nov. 17th
So far I relish working this painting. It is a blast to begin to layer the details and light over the cloth, chocolate boxes (!), and the reflections on the glass jar. One thing I will try to bring out is the reflection of aluminum clamp lamp on the surface of the water in the jar.
Unfinished, Glass Jar with
Blinds, Updated Nov. 10th
Updated Nov. 17th
I plan to use hundreds of muted tones. This scene in real life is shimmering with gazillion gray and neutral tones. It is not there now but there is a small and outrageously colorful streak of scarlet in the middle of the glass jar--which a plan nail the hell out of! Technically I am setting up the whole drawing to capitalize on that effect.
Sunset, 2003, 17x23",
pastel Updated Nov. 17th
Again another scene from my studio. Sunsets move so damn fast it is tricky to get because it is changing minute by minute, I can work on it for about 10-15 minutes.
Curtains, October 2003, pastel on black paper, 19x23" SOLD
Palm, October 2003, pastel on black paper, 14x24"
Chair, October 2003, pastel on black paper, 19x24
Windows, October 2003, pastel on black paper, 18 1/2x21" SOLD
Self-Portrait, October
2003, pastel on black paper, 13x20"
Male Nude, October 2003, pastel on black paper, 18x24"
Unfinished, Self-Portrait, pastel on gray paper
Nov.8th
Updated Nov. 17th
Glass Jar, November 2003, pastel on black paper, 19x24" Updated Nov. 6th.
Wicker Chair, 18x24",pastel on black paper Updated Nov. 17th
There will be new updates every few days so come back and see new work pop up.
Nov.8th
I am also back at work on Venus. I just made a radical change by repainting the sky and water. What is fascinating in a painting is when you change a particular part it appears as if you painted/changed it everywhere. There is also a significant difference if I take the picture by daylight or halogen light. The Venus on the left was taken with the Halogen.
You might remember that a few months ago I was working a couple of watercolors. Disaster struck two of the paintings. You can see here that the table is almost completely dissolved by mold. Apparently it can happen in very humid areas. Makes me feel sick.
Here too. Nothing to do but rip them up and throw them away...hours and hours...
Non-Studio Update:
Ah. The Innovation conference in New York was great. I won't discuss details here you can go to www.ArtAdvancement.org for updates. But I will share a couple of pictures with you.
Lunch the day before the conference at the beautifully designed Gillis home. From left to right: a great friend of mine, Geir Friis; Lisa Thorne, the Foundation's marketing whiz; The Francisco Villalobos, philosopher; myself; Cynthia Gillis, landscape designer; Dr. Jan Koenderink, vision scientist and conference speaker; and John Jupe, artist and theoretician. John, Jan, and Lisa flew in for the conference from Europe.
Dr. Stephen Hicks, Lisa, Francisco, and myself. Steve was the chairman of the conference.
A shot at the conference's Q and A. Dr. David Kelley, Martine Vaugel, and myself.