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Monthly Archives: January 2010
Pink Road in Umbria
I began this painting with brushwork, but ended up slashing at it with a palette knife. Too bad I can’t post the highest resolution here because it’s pretty damned juicy. Photographs helped to document my  walks on mostly unpaved roads, winding … Continue reading
Posted in Daily meanderings, New Work, Paintings
Tagged abstract, art, Artists, artwork, fine art, italy, oil, oil on canvas, oil paintings, original oil, road, Umbria
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Voice of Rain
Another new painting from my series based on Walt Whitman poems. THE VOICE OF THE RAIN, Walt Whitman. AND who art thou? said I to the soft-falling shower, Which, strange to tell, gave me an answer, as here translated: I … Continue reading
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Tagged abstract, art, Artists, artwork, fine art, oil, oil on canvas, oil paintings, original oil, poetry, walt whitman
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January’s tribute to Kate McGarrigle, + new paintings
Kate McGarrigle died of cancer on monday, she was only 63. I discovered the McGarrigle sisters when I bought their debut album, ‘Kate and Anna McGarrigle’ in 1975. One of my favorite songs on that lp, ‘Talk to me of Mendocino’, presaged … Continue reading
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Tagged abstract, anna mcgarrigle, art, Artists, artwork, california, fine art, jean-luc ponty, kate mcgarrigle, mendocino, Music, oil, oil on canvas, oil paintings, original oil, poetry
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The dazzling days and nights
A break in the cold weather and a few new paintings. The book ‘Neruda’s Garden, an Anthology of Odes’, poetry about nature and his odes to ordinary items informed the title for the painting below. Incandescent Dusk. Oil on canvas panel … Continue reading
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Tagged abstract, art, Artists, artwork, dusk, fine art, italy, light, montecastello, oil, oil on canvas, oil paintings, original oil, pablo neruda, poetry, walt whitman
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Winter 2010, new paintings
I’ve started a new series of small works, the first of 2010 is based on a Walt Whitman poem, the title a phrase from his “One Hour to Madness and Joy” from his ‘Leaves of Grass’. Â ‘O to drink … Continue reading
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Tagged abstract, art, Artists, artwork, contemporary, contemporary art, fine art, flowers, leaves of grass, oil, oil on canvas, original oil, original painting, peonies, poetry, roses, walt whitman
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