Pale yellow circles
Here’s a video showing the process I use when painting a pair of pale yellow circles. These are just two of the countless circles I’ll paint while working on this large gold-toned painting covering…
Diy canvas stretchers: step one, plant a tree
Simple technology I love that painting is simple technology. A blank artist’s canvas is so much less complicated than the screen you are reading this on right now. A painting is technology. But it’s knowable.…
One Blue Circle at a Time
I’ve been working on this color saturated larger painting for a few months. The scale makes the mood-lifting color bath that much better. It’s some real studio color therapy. Here’s a one minute video…
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Scott Bodenner on recycled synthetic canvas
Scott Bodenner is a gifted textile designer, polymath, and friend. He trained as a hand weaver, with a degree from RISD and early on-the-job experience with a German textile mill.
I recently sat down with Scott to talk about that project and ask the questions that a painter might have for a textile savant.
Sightline time-lapse animation
Five months of hand-painted circles on the eight foot canvas “Sightline” are compressed into these two minutes of time-lapse animation. I made this video as a diy instant-replay for myself, hoping to learn something…
The wanderer prints
These are unusual prints. When you see them in person, it’s obvious immediately. They are shiny. Like silver-leaf shiny. They shimmer. When you reach out to touch one, they suddenly reflect the color of…
The amish inkjet
What’s an Amish inkjet? In this case I’m referring to an obsolete 24″ Epson Stylus Pro 7500 that I picked up for free about a year ago. Once a commercial printer sporting 5 colors…