Feb 27, 2020 | News from the studio, Uncategorized
Claude Lorrain (1641). Seaport with the Embarkation of Saint Ursula. Oil On canvas, National Gallery, London. St. Ursula, a British princess (in yellow), who refuses to marry a pagan king, holds the flag with her emblem. She is returning to...
Jan 26, 2020 | News from the studio, Pulp painting
Eugène Delacroix, Liberty Leading the People, is a giant painting in which the allegory of Liberty charges toward the viewer ahead of an angry crowd who tramples over freshly dead bodies as they make their way through the streets of Paris. We, the viewer, are clearly...
Jan 22, 2020 | News from the studio, Pulp painting
In this short video, I demonstrate how I apply abaca, that has been beaten for 20+ hours, to the surface of the rock and water painting, to give the illusion of pebbled rocks.
Jan 20, 2020 | News from the studio, Uncategorized
The in-progresspainting in the studio, January, 2020. Notice how the X shape in my photograph is similar to that of Leonardo’s Vitruvian Man. I chose my composition based on his famous drawing. By using the X format, the viewer connects the foreground and...
Jan 7, 2020 | News from the studio, Uncategorized
Writing a check for 1000.00 to the Tri-Town Council. Photo: Jonah Rehak A group effort to make this moment happen. Photo: Jonah Rehak Pulling the five winners of the paper making workshop out of a hat. If your name wasn’t called, it was returned back to the bag...
Oct 22, 2019 | News from the studio
Purchase a print of Autumn, River Road, and be automatically entered to win a paper making workshop in my studio on Saturday, February 8, 2020. Five winners will be drawn on Monday, December 30. A portion of the proceeds support the Tri-Town Council in memory of Joan...
