Archives for August 2007
Drawing a Street Scene
25 August 2007 | art, drawing | 1 Response
This is an idea for a painting which I drew last night. It had come as an idea of tall architecture with a walking man on the street beneath. The not very straight street is like many here in Newport, but is not from a specific place. The walker approaching, another figure crossing the foreground and yet another peering down from a balcony above, coexist in the space.
Note: destroyed 9/15.
the journal
23 August 2007 | art | Comments Off
This is an experiment of my idea for a visual blog. I will be posting drawings and paintings along with commentary. This is meant to elucidate my creative process and be a way of describing the world as a visual experience, much the way I have done for many years in sketchbooks.
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WET PAINT
23 August 2007 | art, painting | No Responses
This is an oil painting I did one morning last week as part of a fundraising effort by the Newport Art Museum. Artists create fresh works and donate them, usually still wet, to the museum for inclusion in a preview and silent auction. On Saturday of last week, the auction was ended and high bidders went home with art works, artists went home without their donated pieces, and the Museum supported its educational mission by raising much needed funding.
This is an image of an 18th century church in the heart of Newport, Trinity Church. It is most recognized by its pointed spire which can be seen from the waterfront, but I chose a close in view focusing on the different geometry of the openings in the base of the building. Some viewers may recognize Trinity from the 2007 film, “Evening.”