Wednesday, February 17, 2010
3 hour study of Dalilah 11″ x 10″ oil on belgian linen After living in LA for almost nine months, I finally made it out to the highly esteemed Jeremy Lipking’s studio for his Tuesday night life painting class. He, of course, is ridiculously talented, and last night there were a number of other brilliant [...]
{ all photos above from my wedding taken by Christine Hall } A huge thanks to the amazing photographer, Christine Hall, for your ever so flattering and thoughtful blog post! I had the pleasure of meeting Chrissy when she photographed our wedding. She is such a fun spirit and insanely talented photographer! I always love [...]
I am very honored to be included as an artist on the blog WomenPaintingWomen.blogspot.com which includes ‘favorite paintings of women by women, with a focus on contemporary, living artists.’ I met the creator of the blog, Sadie Valeri, while we were studying Portrait Painting under Michael Grimaldi at the Bay Area Classical Artist Atelier exactly one [...]
{ detail } { detail } I was enamored of this oil on paper piece depicting art collector and philanthropist Vera List by Jon R. Friedman. It hung in the new arrivals hall by the front entrance of the National Portrait Gallery in Washington DC. It was one of the first paintings I saw and [...]
While in Chicago, I had to take a visit to the Art Institute of Chicago. The museum houses a vast collection of Impressionism. I think that viewing Monet and Degas and Post-Impressionist works by Van Gogh and Gauguin at a young age subconsciously instilled in me my love and fascination for color. Shannon, my best [...]
I have been living in a bit of a bubble for the past month and just heard the sad news of Andrew Wyeth’s passing. He has been very influential to me as a painter. Specifically, I am fascinated by his figurative works depicting Helga that capture such candid, raw, truthful moments. His use of light [...]
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