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Q: What’s on the easel today?
Work in progress
A: I continue working on “Apparition,” soft pastel on sandpaper, 58” x 38” (left) and “Narcissist,” 20” x 26,” soft pastel on sandpaper (right).
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Q: What’s on the easel today?
Work in progress
A: I started working on “Narcissist,” 20”x 26”, a few days ago.
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Q: What’s on the easel today?
Work in progress
A: I just started a new 58” x 38” pastel painting. This photo shows two days worth of work.
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Q: What’s on the easel today?
Work in progress
A: “The Moralist,” soft pastel on sandpaper, 26”x 20,” awaits finishing touches.
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Q: What’s on the easel today?
Work in progress
A: I continue adding details to “Wise One,” soft pastel on sandpaper, 58” x 38.”
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Q: What’s on the easel today?
Just about finished!
A: I am putting finishing touches on “Shadow,” soft pastel on sandpaper, 26” x 20.”
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Q: What’s on the easel today?
Work in progress
A: I am planning my next pastel painting and the photo above shows a preliminary charcoal sketch for it. I’m continuing to study the effects of scaling my work up or down. This piece will be a smaller, 26” x 20,” version of “The Orator,” 38” x 58” (image), 50” x 70” (framed), from 2017.
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Q: What’s on the easel today?
Work in progress
A: I continue working on “Shadow,” soft pastel on sandpaper, 26” x 20”
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Q: What’s on the easel today?
Work in progress
A: I recently began a 26” x 20” pastel painting tentatively titled, “Shadow.”
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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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