Monthly Studio Update - April, 2004
UPDATED: April 15th.
Non-Studio Update:
On April 2nd I gave the talk, The Quest For Sensuality, Truth, and Exaltation Through Art, presented by The Rockford College Philosophy Club.
I have taken over www.RomanticRealism.net, and I have set it up as a commercial site. You can see, at a glance, the recent work I have made since 2002.
I have also taken over the supervision of www.artadvancement.org. My next project there is to set-up links to the sites of innovative representational painters and sculptors, interesting galleries, and postmodern articles.
Studio Update.
I finished this pastel a few weeks ago. I enjoyed tweaking the composition. All the background stuffs are tons of papers littering the floor in my office. It is the only room I have "blacked out", the windows are covered in heavy-duty black trash bags to block the light. This allows me to use lamp light anytime of day.
Toucan Table, 2004, 12 x 16",
pastel on black paper.
In the last few days I retouched this pastel from Rhodes, 2002. I was going through my stacks of drawings and I came across it, saw why it was unfinished and preceded to work it.
Boat at Dock in Rhodes, 2002/4, 16
x 24", pastel on black paper.
Worked more on this portrait today. I hardly touched the face but worked on getting the front of the shirt to "come forward" in front of his chin. Especially in such a detailed work as this it is important for me not just to add detail but make damn sure the details accent the spatial relationship of forms.
Joseph, work in progress, 12 x
16", acrylic on canvas panel.
Another glass jar underway. I have really enjoyed painting the recent still lives with a glass jar. This will be similar to the pastel above but it is in oil. I am curious when it is finished how it will be different to the pastel. The dark vertical and horizontal lines are black vine charcoal, they wipe off easily. I use them here to make sure the glass is symmetrical.
Toucan Table, work in progress, 12
x 16", oil on canvas panel.