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February 13, 2014

GREY MESS

I recently posted a painting on Facebook. It was one of those posts that you kind of cringe as you post because it was in a stage that I didn’t like. I had a tough time with this painting and at the end of the day I pretty much had…

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February 6, 2014

THE TIDE OF CREATIVITY

I was just visiting my father, who is an artist, in Ashland, Oregon. He mentioned that because of some health reasons he had stopped painting. It had been a few months. I asked him if he missed it and he said he did but, at the same time, he reasoned…

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January 30, 2014

COLOR

This week I have been working on several paintings that are mostly black and white. Interestingly what I have learned or rather relearned has to do with color. In the beginning of making a painting I am not thinking too much about color. I tend to think more in black…

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