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• Places I Have Lived, Part 5

  Part 5: Florida to Ithaca via Kentucky Tallahasee, Fl:  contemporary house purchase, 1989 This beautiful contemporary two-bedroom house is surrounded by... Read more

  Posted on 26 November 2012 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Preparing the Background on a New Painting

  

  I've been working on a couple of grid paintings recently, but for this new one I decided to prepare a special background. First I painted the whole canvas in a... Read more

  Posted on 26 November 2012 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Places I Have Lived, Part 4

  Part 4: New Jersey to California via Florida Lake Hiawatha, NJ:  I buy a small cape-cod house, summer 1978 It is not the house I want, but the one I can... Read more

  Posted on 21 November 2012 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Finishing New Blue Abstract Painting

  

  Yesterday was Thanksgiving here in the US--a day of sharing with family and friends. It's not an easy day for me since Adrian died, but I spend the holiday now... Read more

  Posted on 21 November 2012 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Sharpening Composition on New Abstract Painting

  

  I continued to add detail to this new abstract grid painting by drawing with paint. But I focused on moving the eye around the canvas, especially to a focal... Read more

  Posted on 20 November 2012 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Places I Have Lived, Part 3

  Part 3: New Jersey To Ithaca and Back Irvington, NJ: upstairs apartment in an old two-story house, summer 1968 I use the living room as my painting studio and... Read more

  Posted on 19 November 2012 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Filling in the Details on New Abstract Painting

  

  I began the huge job of filling in details and texture on this new abstract painting with drawn lines. I began with titanium white, using it to outline shapes... Read more

  Posted on 19 November 2012 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• More Work on Abstract Grid Painting

  

  After painting in a basic grid structure on this new abstact painting, I drew some lines in Prussian blue that created intersecting angles, which will eventuall... Read more

  Posted on 16 November 2012 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Places I Have Lived, Part 2

  Part 2: New Jersey to California and Back Again East Orange, NJ:  unfurnished studio apartment, spring 1963 I paint the ceiling black and the walls purple. Read more

  Posted on 15 November 2012 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Abstract Art: Drawing Vs. Painting

  

  In my last blog I showed how I had used one of my paintings to influence the way I made an abstract drawing. In this blog, I'll show how I attempt to use a... Read more

  Posted on 13 November 2012 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Places I Have Lived, Part 1

  Part 1: New Jersey to California and Back 17th Street, Newark, NJ: family home, September 1941 We live on the third floor of a three-story house. I only remembe... Read more

  Posted on 12 November 2012 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Abstract Art: Painting Vs. Drawing

  

  I often move back and forth betweeen drawing and painting abstract art. I have tried in the past to create something in a drawing similar to what I've done in... Read more

  Posted on 12 November 2012 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Enough - Don't - Sometimes

  Enough It’s enough to be present, they say. I don’t know when anything is enough. “That’s enough already,” says the parent to the child. Or, “You’ve had enough.... Read more

  Posted on 08 November 2012 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Featured Abstract Artist Lisa Mishler

  

  Abstract artist Lisa Mishler lives in Tucson, Arizon and exhibits her paintings regularly at Xanadu Gallery in Scottsdale, Arizona, Toscana Gallery in Tucson,... Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2012 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• New Abstract Drawing in Fall Colors

  

  The fall colors are mostly gone now. We've had our first frost and snow flurries and continuous cold rain--not many leaves are left on the trees. Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2012 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• 17 Months

  Seventeen months since Adrian died, I am still wandering around aimlessly, filling days in order to fill them. Not living—yet. Not dead—yet. Doing very well,... Read more

  Posted on 06 November 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• Finishing Abstract Painting Commission

  

  I was happy with the progress on this abstract painting commission, but felt it needed some sharpening and texture to complete the effect. Read more

  Posted on 04 November 2012 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• More Work on Commissioned Painting

  

  I began work today by making the burnt sienna and burnt umber stronger, brushing on the color with vertical strokes of the brush. Above the brown, I painted... Read more

  Posted on 02 November 2012 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Writing on Hands

  1 My granddaughter Rachel writes on her hands. What does she write? Whatever she feels like. Rachel appears to have the utmost confidence in whatever she does. Read more

  Posted on 01 November 2012 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• New Abstract Painting Commission

  

  I started work on a new abstract painting commission this week. Hurricane Sandy did a lot of damage to downstate NY, especially coastal regions, but we were... Read more

  Posted on 31 October 2012 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE