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Thirty in Thirty. Day Twenty One: The Heart of the Matter…

Forested Landscape. Low Light. Under painted wash, oil bar drawing, layers, scraping, new layers. I’m really working to keep that bit of light at the heart of the matter. The heart at the center of […]

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Thirty in Thirty. Day Twenty: Things are Getting Larger Now…

Smaller pieces are drying in the studio, and I’ve moved back to the larger works. Remember that long piece with the oil bar underpainting? Looks different now doesn’t it? This is the third layer, and […]

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Thirty in Thirty. Day Nineteen: Inspiration – Japanese Art in Nature…

Thirty in Thirty. Work in Progress. 16″ x 16″. Oil and oil bar on panel. A close up of the drawing and textural detail in this piece. *** Art does not exist in a vacuum. […]

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Thirty in Thirty. Day Eighteen: Light, Dark & The New England Landscape…

Work in Progress – 16″ x 16″ – Oil and Oil Bar on Panel It’s a bit odd to be working on a painting like this —one with such an obvious play of light— when […]

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