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Re-posting Some of my Families Works of Art

Some of you have asked for these to be re-posted. I try to keep the blog posted here about art styles, history, movements, education, exhibits, and soon to be information and interviews about artists of today (you) restricting space about … Continue reading →

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Brief History of United States Murals

In 1934 the Treasury Section of Painting and Sculpture was established. The main function of “the Section”, as it was later to be known, was to select quality art to decorate walls of buildings with murals. Unlike the Mexican muralists, … Continue reading →

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Are You Looking For A Good Model? Look In The Mirror!

If you need a model and can’t afford one, be your own. That’s right, be your own model. Artists have been using mirror studies as long as paint has hit the canvas. You may make small changes in the facial … Continue reading →

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Remember The Finished Painting Will Always Belong To You

No matter what you see in nature. No matter what scene you sketch or photograph. Remember, from the moment you start placing pigment to canvas, board, paper, or whatever surface you use, the finished painting belongs to no one but … Continue reading →

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Who Knows? The Shadow Knows

When you observe a painting, your eyes just naturally go to the lightest area, but the painting becomes more interesting as you look within the dark areas, the shaded areas. The lights and shadows become a push-me pull-me competing with … Continue reading →

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A NORMAN ROCKWELL PAINTING IS AS AMERICAN AS APPLE PIE

I remember that when I was growing up our Thanksgiving dinners were a warm and loving scene similar to Norman Rockwell’s famous painting: Freedom from Want. This was one of the four freedoms that he depicted. His paintings were as … Continue reading →

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The Muralists

When I think of murals and muralists, my first thought is of Picasso’s response to the two hour bombing of the town of Biscay in 1937 by the German Condor Legion. Guernica is what he named the huge work. To … Continue reading →

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Experimenting with black and white

Have you ever considered doing a painting with nothing but white and black pigments? If not, you may want to give this some serious thought. There is a lesson here well worth learning. Seriously, no matter what the composition is, … Continue reading →

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GETTING LOOSE

I’ve always had a tendency to draw or paint realistic with my art. I’m sure this came from spending much of my life working in the real world (the not art world) and the creative work I was doing was … Continue reading →

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SEVEN STEPS TO A MASTERPIECE

Every artists develops their own techniques to a finished painting. I’ve developed mine, which was a painstaking work in progress. I found that I like to know all the problems I will encounter long before paint ever touches canvass. There … Continue reading →

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