I made some progress yesterday and took pictures along the way, pardon me they are not the best pictures (actually quite embarrassed at how they look, but necessary to show the progress). I’m almost done with the shirt, certainly done with the hands. Still a few details to add to tackle the face and hair…
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Fixing the Chalk – Work in Progress #1
I’m working on a new set of paintings for my new gallery in Florida since the ones I had already finished sold before even having the time to take descent pictures, and wanted to show the work in progress of a painting I’ve titled “Fixing the Chalk”. The boy is my youngest son, Gabriel, who…
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Artists in its majority, have no absolute sense of business tactics or how to represent their artwork making them engage in not very good practices that hurt their businesses in the short run. Many are so desperate to “make it” that consider if they take shortcuts it will make them get there faster… nothing far…
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One of the biggest concerns for a professional artist is the archival nature of the materials used to create its art. A true professional artist is always making sure his/her work can withstand the pass of time. Artists from all over the world and throughout art history have accomplished this by using not only professional…
Continue Reading...Two New Videos Time Lapse for the Daily Paintings “Lost Somewhere in France” and “Girlfriends”
I did these two paintings this year, “Girlfriends” in January and “Lost Somewhere in France” in July. Both paintings took over an hour to paint, a terrible thing for me if you ask me, since I was fast at painting. A small 6″ x 6″ and even an 8″ by 8″ would have taken me…
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