Heavy Weather
The scene, on a warmer, brighter day. “Lemme tell you something,” said Mr. Steptoe. “The moment I’ve got Duff’s dough in my jeans, this joint has seen the last of me. I’m going back to Hollywood; that’s what I’m going to do, and if you’ve a morsel of sense you’ll come with me. What you …
This week’s meme is a particularly pernicious one
You may as well look at a photograph. No, you’re better off looking at a photograph. Constable’s The Hay Wain is accessible without being kitschy, sentimental without being mawkish. It has been voted the second most popular painting in Britain (after Turner’s The Fighting Temeraire). Last week it was assaulted by a protester from Fathers4Justice, …
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A day late and a dollar short
I love job lot stores, but I confess, I would have no idea what to do with this stuff. On the other hand, the old farmer in me would sure like to learn. (Sorry this is late but it’s harder than you think to post while driving at 74 MPH down the NYS Thruway.) Friday …
Painting at lovely Camden harbor
As it was misty and cool today, we went to Camden harbor, with its many lovely wooden boats and fine galleries. Intrepid dockside painters. C’s color temperature study from yesterday. Rearranging dinghies to suit. A lovely sensitive sketch of dinghies, by C. Dinghies, painted by S. J, painting the scene across the harbor. Other J, …
Stretching our limits
Although the weather forecast was for rain, we were able to paint until 2 PM, at which time we quit and went to the Farnsworth Art Museum to see “Every Picture Tells a Story: N.C. Wyeth Illustrations from the Brandywine River Museum.” It started to rain just when we entered the museum. I believe in a God who loves …