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When I just want to loosen up with drawing (sort of like an athlete warms-up with stretching), I always go back to horses. Those little warm-ups that turn out not half bad end up as “studies”.
Horse Study #30
6″ x 4 1/2″
pastel on paper
Mark you calendars!
I’ll be taking part again in the Art Students’ League of Denver 2009 Summer Art Market.
A street art market with 200+ booths of local artists of all styles, genres and budgets. More details to come here! Come join the fun!!
When:
June 13th-14th
10:00 am – 5:00 pm
Where:
Art Students’ League of Denver
200 Grant Street, Denver
(spanning 3 blocks along Grant Street and 2nd in Denver)
For more information, click here.
(Please note: their Exhibitor List is now complete!)
In the meantime, to read the newspaper, you’ll probably need some reading glasses.
Reading Glasses
8″x10″
oil on panel $89
Another tribute to the pleasure of the newspaper.
Checking the Numbers
18″ x 14″
oil on gallery-wrapped canvas $275
There’s a new group of Daily Painters in town, and these artists are all from the great state of Colorado! Come visit us at Daily Painters of Colorado. There will be new things to see everyday. This is a diverse group of artists showcasing their amazing work, so stop in and join the fun! I am honored to be invited.
I’ve been doing some loose horse sketches in between newspaper paintings. Keeps me loose.
Horse Study #29
4 1/2″ x 6″
pastel on paper $36 Buy Here
As you may know, many long-established newspapers are folding for a final time and ceasing to publish. Here in Denver, the Rocky Mountain News published it’s final edition a month or so away from it’s 150th birthday. I know change is inevitable, but is it always good?
I understand that current news and information now comes from more technologically advanced and efficient sources with newspapers seeming antiquated. It makes me wonder though if we’re losing something else.
I remember the daily ritual when I was growing up of reading both the morning and the evening paper and carrying that habit through as an adult.
Reading is somehow different for me when it’s paper and ink instead of on a monitor. I don’t know what the research says about reading comprehension between the two media, but I know when I write, I can edit with far clearer vision when I read a hard copy vs. on the computer.
The time may come when we can’t sit on a Sunday morning and peruse the newspaper. Call me crazy, but there’s just something special about holding the paper with slightly ink-stained hands and reading what interests you.
Here’s the first of what may be a series of my ‘newspaper paintings’.
Reading the Newspaper
12″ x 12″
oil on gallery wrapped canvas
