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A Game-Changing Pastel Technique

Welcome back to the Art2Life vlog! Ever wondered how to seal pastels so they stay bold and vibrant? Today, I’m sharing a studio technique that’s been a total game-changer for…

Red White and Blue

I am staring at this painting on the bottom and I can’t figure what is bugging me about it for the longest time and then I realize it’s the colors. I hate when a painting starts going red white and blue. I don’t know what it is about those colors–I even like our flag…

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Surface and Time

This is a detail from a painting I just finished. Sometimes parts of paintings are better than other parts. This kind of density of surface is what I am after. Shapes and forms disappearing and emerging simultaneously. Similar to life…memories fading and new experiences arriving, never perfectly clear, always changing and often just out of reach.

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Surfaces

This is a detail from a recent painting I just finished. I have tried to collage in some drawing elements on tissue paper. Sometimes parts of paintings work better than other parts. This one has a kind of density that I am after…  any layers and juxtapositions of forms coming…

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