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• Final Step in New Green and White Painting?

  

  Even though I'd already signed the previous version of this new painting, I saw things that I didn't like about it. So I began to work on it again. Read more

  Posted on 08 April 2013 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Today's Featured Abstract Painting

  

  WHAT THEY MEANT Alive at the center of it all.Original 48" x 48" acrylic painting on canvas requires no frame: $2300 - SOLDLimited edition Giclée prints on... Read more

  Posted on 05 April 2013 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Walking with an Unleashed Dog

  In Ithaca, New York, where dog lovers abound, we have plenty of open woods and fields for dogs to run loose in.  We also have state parks and other more... Read more

  Posted on 04 April 2013 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Revising My New Green and White Painting

  

  This new painting in green and white felt too monochromatic to me when I looked at it the next day. So I began to jazz it up with bright yellow, cadmium... Read more

  Posted on 03 April 2013 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Green and White Featured in New Abstract Painting

  

  I began this new painting by covering the whole canvas with a pale green. After it dried, I used a palette knife to apply broad strokes of titanium white and... Read more

  Posted on 01 April 2013 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• On a Walk in the Rain with a Little Dog

  This weekend I went on a walk in the rain with a friend and her little dog.  I've walked with other friends and their dogs, too, and it is always a... Read more

  Posted on 01 April 2013 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Today's Featured Abstract Painting

  

  Underlying Causes, 48" x 48" acrylic on canvas. Original 44" x 44" acrylic painting on canvas requires no frame and is ready to hang - $2100 Limited edition... Read more

  Posted on 29 March 2013 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Why I'm Not Writing

  Every writer has good reasons for not writing.  Writers as diverse as F. Scott Fiztgerald and Charles M. Schulz suffered from an inability to write at... Read more

  Posted on 28 March 2013 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Using a Palette Knife in New Acrylic Painting

  

  I'm still experimenting on small canvases, applying the acrylic paint with a palette knife. After my first red, yellow and white painting, I tried another one... Read more

  Posted on 27 March 2013 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Six New Abstract Paintings Are Now On My Website

  

  There's always a lag between making an abstract painting and getting it up on my website. I usually do groups of four to eight before I think about it. First, i... Read more

  Posted on 25 March 2013 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Subtle Contrasts in New Acrylic Painting

  

  I've been experimenting with technique in my recent painting sessions, working mostly with a palette knife. In this new painting, I first drew random lines... Read more

  Posted on 20 March 2013 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• How Come I'm So Changeable???

  Whenever I wonder why I’m so changeable, I have to remind myself that I am bipolar.  Doesn’t bipolar disorder, by definition, imply change? Floating or... Read more

  Posted on 19 March 2013 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• More Work on a New Painting in Blues and Greens

  

  I let this new abstract painting sit for a while before tackling it again. In my first painting session, I used pthalo green and blue as well as emerald green,... Read more

  Posted on 18 March 2013 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Water in the Basement: A Way of Life in Ithaca

  One morning this week I was woken up at 6 a.m. by my sump pump starting up in the basement.  All the snow was melting and we had some rain during the... Read more

  Posted on 14 March 2013 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• More Progress on New Abstract Painting

  

  I liked the effect I had achieved in this new abstract painting (see previous post)--the sense of light shining through darkness, but felt the composition neede... Read more

  Posted on 13 March 2013 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Underpainting Lets the Light Shine Through

  

  I began this painting with white, parchment, and unbleached titanium, blending them together with a palette knife as I covered the whole canvas. Read more

  Posted on 11 March 2013 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Non-Scents

  I don’t remember ever having much of a sense of smell.   Experts say that our enjoyment of food depends on our ability to sense its aroma, so how am I abl... Read more

  Posted on 11 March 2013 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Wellness Visit Game

  Last week I had my yearly check-up with the nurse practitioner at my doctor’s office, a woman I call, “the investigator.”  She will tease out any... Read more

  Posted on 07 March 2013 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Finishing a New Painting

  

  My goals in the next stage of this painting were to tone down some of the bright colors, to add more texture and interest, and to better define the composition. Read more

  Posted on 06 March 2013 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• My Adventures with Adrian

  One of the places Adrian took me to for weekend getaways when we were dating was Mi Casa near Woodstock, New York.  The motto above the door said, Mi... Read more

  Posted on 04 March 2013 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION