In the Studio

Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Out to live

Taking a break...out to live.

found via Pinterest

Friday, June 14, 2013

My Daddy

*click to enlarge*

"To a father growing old nothing is dearer than a daughter"

Euripides

Your daughters thinking you're 68...not so dear.

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY

Monday, June 10, 2013

Short on time and inspiration...I found both this weekend. Inspiration via Instagram...while Jane Lilly Warren (one half of Matchbook Magazine) toured the Renwick Gallery, part of the Smithsonian, I was stuck inside (more rain) with some time on my hands. Time to think...and time to think out loud on Instagram.

The original painting from

Jane Lilly Warren's Instagram tour.

via here

Betty Wertheimer

completion date 1908

John Singer Sargent

National Museum of American Art

As soon as she posted the pic of Sargent's Betty Wertheimer, I posted it to my easel and went about developing a painting based on this painting.

I was drawn more to the colors in the Instagram pic rather than those in the original painting. The gilt frame, the yellow overtones, her creamy skin, a hint of gray...all complimenting her rose dress.

Working in layers of acrylic...once dry, adding some depth and texture with iridescent gold and oils.

A humbling experience...I'm naming this one "Practice." Thankful I have a day job. Mayhem however...needs a job. For sale...original work by an emerging artist.

Very Cy Twombly?

via here

Friday, June 7, 2013

In the rain - Friday Flowers

"Looking at a painting by Jenn Shifflet is like being

submerged in water or floating in outer space."

From the essay by Chandra Cerrito

read in its entirety here

For more work by artist Jenn Shifflet

www.jennshifflet.com

Jenn Shifflet's work appropriate for this rainy day. Like looking through our foggy windows out onto the flooded yard. In the courtyard...the blooms of our Annabelle hydrangea are heavy with the weight of the raindrops.