Monthly Archives: June 2009
Artistic Friendship
One of the most difficult things about pursuing the artistic life is its isolation. I am primarily a hermit at heart and prefer a life in contemplation removed to a certain degree from the frenzied routine of daily life. This … Continue reading
Color Temperature and The Super Color
One of the most difficult phenomena to discern is color temperature. Many contemporary paintings are primarily cool or primarily warm but when one observers some of the great paintings of the masters there is a wonderful balance in temperature. Robert … Continue reading
The Complexity of Color
I recently attended an exhibition at the New Britain Museum of American Art in Ct. The show was called The Eight and American Modernism. There were several paintings by Robert Henri from the Milwaukee Museum of Art that I have … Continue reading
Reconfiguring a Piece
The Power of The Neutral
The Language of Gesture
Drapery and the Figure - the Use of Memory
The Winter Landscape and The Pervading Neutral