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Karma for Shapinsky and Herrera, Humility for Me

Monday, January 11th, 2010

Way back in the late 1970’s and early 80’s I sold my artwork at The Kathryn Markel Gallery in New York. This was my hand-carved rubber stamp period.

My work sold really well at that time, and I would bring a new batch up every month or two to replenish Kathryn’s stock. I have to say I was feeling pretty good about having a successful time at a New York Gallery. I was down-right chuffed. (more…)

Tags: artists who matter, oil painting, rubber-stamp prints
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Inspired by Winslow Homer’s Storm Paintings

Monday, November 2nd, 2009

We were at Acadia National Park in Maine this past August. It happened to have been a beautiful day, with perfect blue sky and exciting surf, but for several days the coast had been hit by the remains of a  hurricane.

I was immediately reminded of the much darker storm scenes painted by Winslow Homer near his home at Prout’s Neck, Maine. I’ve always admired Homer’s seacoast paintings, especially his storm scenes: waves pounding on dark rocks under a dark sky. The scene we saw at Acadia that day seemed much cheerier but nonetheless was just as scary. The Park Service wouldn’t let visitors get too close too the sea that day because tragically, the day before several people had been pulled to their deaths into the ocean by a rogue wave.

Tags: landscape painting, Maine, oil painting
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