Tag Archives: figurative

Three Heads from 1971

Posted on May 5, 2013 by

This work is anything but recent. And, for that I apologize. It is a big oil, 30 by 50 inches. That’s big for me anyway. It was done before I knew any better, some 40 years ago. The foundation is … Continue reading →

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Using Ball Point

Posted on April 19, 2013 by

Ball point pens are not just for doodling anymore. That’s the word from the Aldrich Museum in Ridgefield, CT, where they have an exhibit of ball point works as part of their currently running “Extreme Drawing” show. Is this news … Continue reading →

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Things I forgot: Premonitions #34

Posted on April 7, 2013 by

The trouble with turning out a lot of work is that you forget stuff. I just discovered that I forgot a whole sketch book full of work that I did not more than two or three years ago. This book … Continue reading →

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The Zombie Girl

Posted on February 11, 2013 by

While it is inevitable I strongly dislike wasting paint, especially if the picture on which I am working is not so hot. In such instances, I often use the left-over paint on a second picture. That is why I made … Continue reading →

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Dancer #04

Posted on February 6, 2013 by

Here is another drawing that I made when a model and I sat and worked for a couple of hours, he posing and me working in charcoal and conté stick. It is on dark brown, laid pastel paper. It is … Continue reading →

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A Zombie

Posted on January 25, 2013 by

What do you do with extra paint when a picture is done? Usually all you can do is toss it. Every so often, when there’s enough of it and it’s time for a little crazy business, I do another picture … Continue reading →

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Dancer Series #03

Posted on January 18, 2013 by

This is the third of a series of sketches of one model. I did them a couple of weeks ago now. Needless to say, I had a lot of fun. I only had an hour or so to work and … Continue reading →

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Dancer Series #02

Posted on January 13, 2013 by

This is one of nine drawings that I made during a session with a model a week or so ago. It is also the second of the series that I am posting on this blog. As I mentioned, I got … Continue reading →

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Kepler’s Lion — From “Life on Mars”

Posted on December 29, 2012 by

From the series “Life on Mars” we have here the only image extant of the fierce Kepler’s Lion that roamed the bountiful plains of the Martian high plateaus in search of delectable feasts.  Soon remains of this creature will come … Continue reading →

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A bit of fun

Posted on December 17, 2012 by

This started out as a very free line-drawing, the sort of thing where you just draw a continuous line without lifting your pencil from the paper.  But, in the case at hand, I did it with a stylus on a … Continue reading →

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