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• Completing Fourth Black and White Painting

  

  In my third black and white painting, I tried placing the canvas on my studio floor and pouring thin black paint onto it. That gave me confidence to do more... Read more

  Posted on 08 March 2012 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Finishing Third Black and White Painting

  

  My next step in this black and white painting was to destroy the neat image I'd painted so far. I did this by filling a brush with thin white paint and almost... Read more

  Posted on 06 March 2012 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Report from Binghamton: Solo Exhibit of My Abstract Paintings

  

  The final reception for my solo exhibit, "Non-objective Abstract Paintings," was this past Friday night at the Orazio Salati Gallery in Binghamton, NY. The... Read more

  Posted on 05 March 2012 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Starting a New Black and White Painting

  

  I've been working on tall thin canvases, 10" x 48" in size, and making a group of four that are not too dissimilar so that people might hang them together or... Read more

  Posted on 28 February 2012 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Invitation to Reception at Orazio Salati Gallery

  

  This Friday night, March 2, 6-9 pm, is the second reception for my 2-month solo exhibit at the Orazio Salati Gallery (205 St. Street) in Binghamton, NY. Read more

  Posted on 27 February 2012 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Art Salon at the Saltonstall Foundation

  

  I recently attended a small artists salon at the Constance Saltonstall Foundation for the Arts, which is ten minutes from my art studio. Read more

  Posted on 27 February 2012 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Finishing Black and White Painting

  

  After my last painting session, I let the canvas dry completely before starting this one. I didn't want the black and white paint to mix into gray. Read more

  Posted on 27 February 2012 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Beginning New Abstract Painting in Black and White

  

  I was happy enough with my first abstract painting in black and white to keep going. Actually, I prepped four canvases at the beginning, making sure they had a... Read more

  Posted on 24 February 2012 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Finishing New Black and White Painting

  

  These new black and white paintings take more steps to complete because I have to allow each application of white paint or black paint to dry since I don't... Read more

  Posted on 23 February 2012 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Next Steps in New Black and White Painting

  

  After creating black and white patterns with tape, I wasn't sure what to do next with this painting. But something made me want to "write" with black on white... Read more

  Posted on 21 February 2012 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• New Black and White Painting

  

  I wanted to paint some more black and white canvases, but to take them in a different direction than the recent diptyches I just finished. Read more

  Posted on 20 February 2012 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Finishing Black and White Diptych

  

  After finishing my second black and white diptych, I went back and worked on the first one I'd started much earlier. While I liked the basic lines of it and... Read more

  Posted on 15 February 2012 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Finishing Non-objective Black and White Diptych

  

  It took a couple more painting sessions for me to feel good about this n0n-objective diptych in black and white. In the first session, I painted over a lot of... Read more

  Posted on 14 February 2012 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Featured Abstract Artist Jonathan Eckel

  

  Philadelphia abstract artist Jonathan Eckel is marvelous with color, form and composition. I love the intricacies in some of his paintings, which almost create... Read more

  Posted on 13 February 2012 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• More Work on New Black and White Paintings

  

  Unlike my first set of stark black and white paintings, which I painted as a diptych, I wanted these next two to have more "stuff" in them. Read more

  Posted on 13 February 2012 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Next Set of Black and White Canvases in Non-objective Diptych

  

  I'm letting my first black and white non-objective diptych sit for a while. Meanwhile, I started a second pair of canvases, first gessoing them twice, then... Read more

  Posted on 09 February 2012 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Black and White Non-objective Diptych

  

  I've been working on some new black and white paintings on tall format canvases (48" x 10") two at a time, placing them side by side on my easel. This way,... Read more

  Posted on 08 February 2012 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• New Black and White Non-objective Paintings

  

  I started working on some black and white non-objective paintings in the tall format canvases, 48" high by 10" wide. Previously when I had painted in black and... Read more

  Posted on 07 February 2012 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Opening Reception at Orazio Salati Gallery in Binghamton

  

  Friday night was the opening reception for my solo exhibit Abstract Non-objective Paintings at the Orazio Salati Gallery in downtown Binghamton, NY. Read more

  Posted on 06 February 2012 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Finishing New Abstract Expressionist Painting

  

  I was happy with my previous work on this abstract expressionist painting, but it did not feel finished. It was perhaps too loose and needed a bit more structur... Read more

  Posted on 03 February 2012 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE