A Sunday injury– running, not paying enough attention- trip extravagantly, resulting in a run-in with the pavement, literally. Luckily no harm to teeth. It actually doesn't look that bad in this bloody photo, but today it's awful; oozing and swollen (more so than initially); painful. Feeling an idiot as well. Not a good weekend.
The moon was waxing– gibbous! on its way to being full. But the waning begins immediately thereafter. There is no pause.
Here is my first proof from the etching press of the plate I worked on Friday. Looks good. I want to burnish the lines of the stones in the house to lighten them up- just give more of the 'overexposed' feeling which came through very well in the leaves on that side. Also I stopped… Continue reading Still waxing gibbous
the copper plate, in process of being scribed (hard ground applied) digital proof made by scanning, inversing and adjusting contrast of copper plate An eight hour day in the home studio, spent scribing the hard ground. Below are more scans in-progress; this is how I get an idea of what the line work I've done… Continue reading New line etching in progress
Man about a horse, graphite and oil on wood panel This is coming along alright, and should be completed in one more session. Here was the previous incarnation, graphite only...
Proofs of the two portraits, line-etched only. (Lady looks to have a mustache– must burnish those lines down!) Yes, you read that correctly: spit-bite. Contrary to what Wiki says, we are learning the old-school method, so it is what it sounds like– a way of "biting" the plate with acid that involves actual salivary effluvium–… Continue reading Line etching with spit-bite
"the Leaving" in the gallery at Brooklyn Artists Gym The opening was well-attended last night, and the show nicely curated, I think. There was a wide array of interpretations of the theme; from scenes of cozy interiors, to urban street scenes, to renderings bordering on the architectural. Though primarily made up of paintings, there was… Continue reading Opening reception
Landscape with three gabled cottages, Rembrandt van Rijn Over the weekend we were lucky enough to get into the Frick Collection after only a twenty minute wait. I’d not been there in years, and the first hour of my visit was spent reacquainting myself with it. It’s unique in its use of space; keeping the… Continue reading The Man from Rijn
My graphite/oil on wood panel (the Leaving) has been selected for inclusion in “Where the Heart is,” an exhibition showing how artists explore the concept of HOME, whether real or imagined, transitional or stable, present or past, near or far. Brooklyn Artists’ Gym Opening reception Saturday Feb 26, 2011. On view through March 7, 2011.
exposed piano harp, for example So, after all the copper plate and ferric chloride fun (see previous post), I left the studio to go meet up with Ben in TriBeCa. I was meeting him at Terroir, so walked south on Greenwhich, during which stroll I came upon an abandoned upright piano on the sidewalk. It… Continue reading Friday night, post studio
e daggar art: THE MUSEUM 