The third in a series, the pastel that I am about to show you has been half, no, more than three quarters finished since September last year. (I only know this from the notes in iPhoto on the progression photos – I couldn’t believe it’s been a year!) Sometimes pieces need to sit for awhile.
One of the more challenging rooms Cam and I visited at the Chicago Institute of Art (at the beginning of August) was one exhibiting the work of Kara Walker (b.1969) in a show titled, Rise Up Ye Mighty Race!. I’d vaguely heard of her before but had no idea we were about to encounter
The other side of the blank canvas syndrome is the When is a painting finished question. Today I bring you a creation that I started some time ago and have worked on, on and off, over the last few months. It’s one of those really exploratory pieces I’ve been doing, ones where I
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