Progress? Progress! First Painting of ‘09!
This will sound strange, but I can’t believe that school is actually working. I think improvement can be attributed more to actual effort and steady work than anything else. In some courses, like printmaking for example, obviously you can’t just dive in and throw nitric acid all over everything and hope to see results. You need an instructor to show you, it’s the only way. But something like painting, which anyone can do, from home or at school, just involves practice. Instructors are just as valuable, but in different ways. I still think of myself as a self-taught painter, I think my paintings would’ve improved over time with or without school, but school intensifies and speeds things up for you, and you also benefit from seeing what others are doing, the choices they make.
I’m going to embarrass myself and show you a little progress report below. I’ve always struggled with trees, for as long as I can remember. Below is my most recent attempt, and underneath, a hideous stab from 2005…
Grove
20″ x 16″
Oil on Canvas, 2009
$795.00
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Fascinating Discoveries and More
I’ve been with my boyfriend now for over 5 years. He’s from Liechtenstein, and after him living in Canada for nearly a decade, I figured I knew just about everything about him, and that he’s familiar with all things North American. On our way out to supper tonight though, I discovered something he’d missed. It went a little something like this:
Me: Knock knock.
Oliver: Knock knock?
Me: Yeah! Knock knock!
Oliver: Knock knock?
Me: No! You’re supposed to say, who’s there?
Oliver: Why?
Me: Because! It’s a joke, you just say it! Knock knock. Now you say “who’s there.”
Oliver: Who’s there?
Me: Lettuce
Oliver: Lettuce?
Me: Lettuce!
Oliver: Lettuce?
Me: No! You’re supposed to say, “Lettuce who?”
Oliver: Why?
Me: Because it’s part of the joke! Rrrrg! (Quickly becoming frustrated) I say, “lettuce”, you say “lettuce who?”
Oliver: Lettuce can kiss my ass.
I think he picked up the “kiss my ass” slang from me, somewhere along the road. So, I end up having to tell him the whole joke, playing both sides. * *After reading him this blog entry, he still didn’t seem to understand, saying: “Who’s lettuce anyway? Is it like a head of lettuce knocking on a door?” Good lord. He’s not an idiot, he’s doing his PHD in Neuroscience at Dal! I have to chalk it up to a cultural barrier.
Admittedly, it’s not a funny joke, and I’ve actually never heard a funny knock-knock joke in my life. We just told them when we were kids to annoy the crap out of eachother. If you have a good one, tell me, I’d love to tell it to Oliver. If we can get the routine down.
On a side note, for the very few of you who are interested, I’ve been using Winsor & Newton Artist’s Oil Colour, the realllly expensive stuff, and it’s amazing. I’m spoiled now, ruined, and it will be impossible to go back to the crappy store brand I usually spring for. This paint is beeeeautiful, some of the hues are absolutely gorgeous, the kind you need to buy straight out of the tube. Heaven! That’s all for now.
Dusk in Green & Orange
Dusk in Green & Orange
12″ x 20″
Oil on Canvas
2008
$695.00
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New Petites!
From top to bottom:
Ragged Road
5″ x 7″
Oil on Canvas, 2008
$95
Blue Night
5″ x 7″
Oil on Canvas, 2008
$95
Beam SOLD
5″ x 7″
Oil on Canvas, 2008
$95
Descending Clouds
5″ x 7″
Oil on Canvas
2008
$95
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New Painting: Compass
Compass
18″ x 14″
Oil on Canvas, 2008
$695.00
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Stag at Sharkey’s
Reproduction of “Stag at Sharkey’s” by George Bellows, 1909
36″ x 48″
Oil on Canvas
2008
MacDonald Bridge and Smokestacks
The only, and I mean only thing I love about winter in Halifax, is the view of the bridge and the billowy stuff coming out of the smoke stacks.
“MacDonald Bridge and Smokestacks”
18″ x 24″ Charcoal and Conte on 90lb Acid-Free Cream Paper
$125.00
Soft Pastel Drawings
Night Clouds
11.5″ x 11″ Soft Pastel on Cream Paper
$125.00
Cream Puff
7.25″ x 10.25″ Soft Pastel on Cream Paper
$125.00
Mezzotint
More Than Meets the Eye
Mezzotint on Somerset Satin 100% Acid Free Cotton Rag Paper
Image Size: 2 (4.75″ x 4.75″)
Paper Size: 22″ x 22″
Edition of 5
$195.00
Stingers
Skate (States I & 2)
Intaglio Etching & Aquatint on Arches Buff 100% Acid-Free Cotton Rag Paper
Image Size: 21.5″ x 14″
Paper Size: 26″ x 20″
Edition of 6
$195.00
Butterflies
“Evolver” Intaglio Print
Image Size: 9″ x 12″
Paper Size: 15″ x 30″
Varied Edition of 7
$125.00
Valley Paintings
Valley Diptych SOLD
18″ x 36″ Oil on Masonite, 2008
$650.00 Framed
Orchard
18″ x 18″
Oil on Canvas, 2008
$495.00
Storm Stages
I’m loving soft pastels right now. I made these on BFK Gray, my new favorite paper in the world. It makes the white look like they’re glowing. I also did something I don’t usually do, and splurged on these great frames.
From Top to Bottom:
“Storm Stage I, II, III & IV”
15″ x 16″
Soft Pastel on BFK Gray 100% Acid-Free Cotton Rag Paper
$295.00 each, Framed
Plume & Cumulus
“Plume” Stone Lithograph
Pescia White 100% Acid-Free Cotton Rag Lithographic Paper
Image Size: 10″ x 8″
Paper Size: 15″ x 12″
Edition of 10
$95.00
“Cumulus” Stone Lithograph & Intaglio Line Etching
BFK Gray 100% Acid-Free Cotton Rag Paper
Image Size: 5.5″ x 7″
Paper Size: 15″ x 22″
Edition of 5
$125.00
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