August 12
This egg tempera nude of two women sharing a deeply personal conversation on a beach in Maine glows with a light that seems to come from a beloved memory. The colors are lushly pretty and the young women's faces and bodies are suffused with a tender innocence. "August 12" will remain in the collection of the artist's wife, Jen. A reproduction is available in our print shop.
Flowers at an Exhibition
egg tempera on panel, one of my early egg temperas
“Red”, a small egg tempera
This is a small 7 x 5 in egg tempera click for close-up.
egg tempera, nude
A small, 5 x 7 inch, egg tempera. I like the open brushwork in this piece. close-up
Veranda
Veranda, 24 x 24inches, egg emulsion, Sold Egg tempera can have a rawness if the paint is left so, not fully rendered. At times I like to leave the brushwork with this rawness as I feel it adds energy to a piece. If a painting is too polished and completed it is all done and a viewer doesn't get engaged.
Spanish Guitar
egg tempera, 2010 This is a painting inspired by family and friends who dance and sing and play at the beach.
“Sculpture Garden”
This painting was inspired by the rooftop gardens at my gallery in Rockland. A beautiful space, the Muir Gardens. But really that was only a launch of an idea. These sculptures are only 'real' within this painting. They all are parts in a story. Players on this stage, if you will, acting out a cycle of a life.
“Dark Waters”
Here is the painting, Dark Waters, as it has evolved since it came back to the studio. A painting of my adopted sister, Sabrina, who is a fabulous artist in her own right. you can see part of the evolution in two previous posts: reworking more reworking
August 12
A simple conversation at the beach. *Egg/oil emulsion on panel. 19.5 x 24 inches In the collection of the artist's wife. I really like the choppiness of the brushwork. While it may be tempting to smooth and render everything in, in this case I wanted the fractured brushwork to add to the heat and color movement of the day. I like the look of paint, when paint creates illusion but also lives on its own as brushstrokes to see. I took great care to design the composition of this piece. The boxiness of the arms and legs in a figure eight flow, and