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Q: What does it feel like when you dop off a pastel painting at your Virginia framer’s shop? Are you sorry to see it go? (Question from Caroline Golden)
A: Actually, just the opposite since I have been looking at it on my easel for more than three months. Typically, I’m glad to say goodbye – temporarily – because I know when I pick it up in a month, I will have gained some distance and can begin to see and think about it more objectively. I can start reflecting on how this pastel painting relates to my overall body of work.
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Q: What’s on the easel today?
Work in progress
A. I continue refining and adding more details to “Disruptor,” soft pastel on sandpaper, 26” x 20.”
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Q: What’s on the easel today?
A: I began a new 26” x 20” “Bolivianos” pastel-on-sandpaper painting a few days ago.
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Q: What’s on the easel today?
A: I continue working on “Wise One,” soft pastel on sandpaper, 58” x 38.”
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Q: What’s on the easel today?
A: I started a new 58” x38” pastel painting. This is how it looks after the first day.
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Q: What’s on the easel today?
A: Here is a preliminary charcoal drawing in preparation for my next ”Bolivianos” pastel painting. With the most recent works I have been experimenting with scale. This will be a 58” x 38” version of ”Schemer,” 2019, 26” x 20.”
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Q: What’s on the easel today?
A: “Overlord,” soft pastel on sandpaper, 58” x 38” awaits some finishing touches.
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Q: What’s on the easel today?
A: I’ve started a new 58” x 38” pastel painting.
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Q: What’s on the easel today?
A: I’m still refining and adding details to “The Mentalist,” soft pastel on sandpaper, 26” x 20.” The frog especially needs more work.
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Q: What’s on the easel today?
A: I continue working on “The Mentalist,” soft pastel on sandpaper, 26” x 20.” Staying focused on making art is more difficult than usual considering the war in Ukraine and it’s widening repercussions.
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