cleaning the studio...

...and other adventures in art

The Daily Bird, Days 21 and 22

Day twenty-one of the Sanchez Art Center 50-50 show, 50 pieces in 50 days. Encaustic/Oil/Photo on Panel, 6" x 6" Day twenty-two of the Sanchez Art Center 50-50 show, 50 pieces in 50 days. Encaustic/Oil/Photo on Panel, 6" x...

painting is a jealous mistress

  I’m going to be cantankerous and withhold The Daily Bird today so that I can write about painting instead.  And don’t think I don’t have the Daily Bird done.  Here’s a thumbnail, with a larger image coming tomorrow. I’m spending...

The Daily Bird, Day 18

In all my work (paintings, sculpture, encaustic) I am drawn to the idea of obscuring part or even all of the image. I have varying degrees of success on this front, but the idea is always there with me. To my mind, it works well in this one.