January 31

Featured response on Robert Genn’s Twice Weekly Newsletter
I responded to his recent column about compositional starting strategies and was happy to see my response published. If any readers are artists, you may find his bi-weekly column as interesting or useful as I do. Sometimes serious and business-like, sometimes warmly emotional, sometimes light-hearted or ironic, they almost always contain inspirational or practical advice [...]

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January 24

My own recursion: trees wrapping trees
This weekend with the help of four other people, three dogs and a cat, I took the large burned tree paintings, After the First Death and Burned at the Base out to the snowy woods. Ruth and I had spent part of the previous day tromping around the vicinity, scouting for the right group of trees. [...]

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January 14

Weatherproofing the art
Today I’m sealing up the backsides of Burned at the Base and After the First Death. The fronts have been spray-varnished at Plasteel with anti-moisture, anti-UV chemistry. The only place I have that is big enough for these babies is my dining room floor. Then the next time we have a spell of good weather [...]

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January 08

Crown of Broken Branches

Watercolor on paper, 51 x ~36, singed edges

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December 30

Photographing pyrography
I’ve been trying to get good images of my “fire-drawings” but I’m finding it difficult. My digital SLR doesn’t do so well with the subtle differences between the pale color of the wall and the color of the paper; I’m losing detail in the burned sticks and the scorched edges of the lines. My usual settings [...]

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