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This blog traces my influences, studio practice, learning, and teaching of art.
"I Remember Euclid Beach"
"Gladiolus"
Three New Pieces By European Artists At The Cleveland Clinic
"Meadow On The Cove", painting in progress
Plein Air, Fort Hill, Eastham, MA
Painting "Two Paths"
A passerby shot this photo of me. He told me how his father learned to paint: He bought inexpensive framed reproductions from Woolworths and painted over the existing brush strokes, one by one. I had many painting teachers. The best was Joseph Jankowski, who studied at the Art Students League. I took his painting course at the Cleveland Institute of Art circa 1973. I fear that good old classical painting techniques are now becoming a lost art
"Before The First Frost"
meltdown, he might have to downscale his retirement plans. As he had warned me, the dalhias all disintigrated after the first frost. I shot many photos of him and the garden, and plan to paint a series.
"Hera"
"The Wanderer"
"He Met Her In A Dream"
"Wake Upon Another Shore"
"Horse"
"The Source" oil on shaped canvas
"Sugar"
"On Both Ends At Once"
"The Double Twist Of Death"
I painted this at the Edward Albee Foundation, in Montauk, N.Y. in 1979. It was quite an experience being there. It is a summer workshop in a barn. I had a huge studio. There were two painters, and three writers there. One of the writers was James Lapine, who has come to great success: "Sunday In The Park With George" was written by him. Nogouchi dropped by one day wearing shorts and flip-flops...and I had dinner in Mr. Albee's famous mirrored dinning room. Excuse me for the poor quality of the picture: It's from an old slide.